He left the restaurant to 'feed the meter'. [=to put more money in the parking meter]
the poet's use of different 'meters'
the poet's use of rhyme and 'meter'
(..) Back off, slick. You'll scare the deer. Buddy, is that you? Are you okay? Boy, am I glad to see you. The Claus meter suddenly just dropped down to zero. There's just no Christmas spirit anymore. And then the strain was too Much... (..)2003 Elf
(..) Believe in Santa Claus. I mean, we have a real energy crisis on our hands. Oh. I mean, just see how low the, uh Claus meter is. That's shocking. That's why I came up With this little beauty in the 's. WH-what is it? It's a cringle ... (..)2003 Elf