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The Fortune Cookie By Rick Rucker On the way home last night, I thought that I would grab a bite, Instead of the food I usually eat, I thought that Chinese would be a treat, There were things on the net to find out about, So, I decided to get the food to take out, After a short wait, I was carrying the food, not very late, The drive was fairly short, But the aroma of food made me starve, I can report! I devoured the food in what seemed a minute, Everything in the bag, leaving nothing in it, Oh, wait, is there something more, Did I drop it on the floor? A small package, I did not see at first, In my hunger, and my thirst, I had eaten in great haste, But still wanted another taste, I was mildly disappointed to find, It was not food for the stomach, but for the mind, A fortune cookie, on the floor, A fortune cookie, nothing more, Normally, I might have thrown it away, Feeling that reading it was merely play, The reason that I hurried home, I had been reading in a tome, I had been reading about an investment that I made some time ago, Its maturation had been very slow, It’s going to be a wondrous event, After all the months that I have spent, Reading every financial note that I could find, Other than Love, nothing else occupies my mind! When this event comes to pass, I will be in a position to marry my fair lass, My finances, a disaster, My money worries, I have not been able to master! When this comes to fruition, I will no longer regret not paying tuition, To a prestigious school, I will be the World’s most lucky fool! Opening the cookie package now, I use my teeth to open it somehow, I crush the cookie, I could not wait, The message reads, “Success and wealth will be your fate.” In random fortunes, you may not put much stock, To me, this was quite a shock! If true, I will be fulfilled, My financial anxiety, will be killed! So, I pray every night, That the fellow, who did, that fortune write, That message just for me, Knowing that it would give me unbounded glee!
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