Instead, we have bought BURST. Millions of them and we will continue
doing so.
Er...if that's the case then why don't you toss some into your pool so you can pay your miners?
Aug 20 14:57:57 pool npm[11801]: pool does not have enough balance for payments - currentFund: -10000000054.51199 - totalBlockReward: 1581
Aug 20 14:57:57 pool npm[11801]: Pool Balance = 1.40501037 BURST
Not sure where you're seeing that but if you take a look at the block explorer on that date the pool's address was paying regularly.