Zelle or Venmo

Before I had a credit card,

My car, newly repaired,

Required cash to pick it up

And I was unprepared.

I borrowed money, then I got

A MasterCard - hooray!

It changed my means of payment,

Which I still do use today.

Along with checks and cash, that card

Could pay for all I’d need

And up until quite recently,

It seemed that way, indeed.

But then there was some money

That I wanted to convey

And a credit card or check 

Just wouldn’t be a way to pay.

Then how ‘bout Zelle or Venmo?

Was the question I was asked.

Alas, I called my son and 

For this favor, he was tasked.

It isn’t fair that things that worked 

For years no longer do

And with this new technology,

I do not have a clue.