meticulous

you weigh and measure
each little thing
with meticulous care
if i do this, can i do that
if i have this, can i have that
and inch by inch you close the gap
the gaping maw of debt
threatening to rend you
a Sisyphean stone
accrued foolishly in youth and
treacherously in toil
bit by bit, accumulating 
this
dragged and pushed and shoved
uphill
and suddenly,
emergency!
the jaws snap shut
the boulder escapes your grip
and all the scrimping and saving
just for repaying
seems for nought
as in one moment
the chasm reopens
a miserable fissure
beneath you
ready to swallow you whole