Access To Excess

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An ardent longing for the finer things ... Vodka from eggs - bedrooms with wings. Bugatti's and coffees topped with gold, Armani, Brioni, and true absinthe, old. Bottega Veneta or a Lanvin wool coat, Yachts that are really just mansions that float. Valets and limos and luxe high-rise suites, Beds dressed in D. Porthault Jours de Paris sheets. Bluefin sashimi, Kopi Luwak, Yubari Melon, and real Dark To'ak. Matsutake Mushrooms, Wagyu Beef, South Devon Crab with fresh saffron leaf. Almas Caviar, Bonnotte Potatoes, White Alba Truffles, Canarian Tomatoes. Heligan Pineapple, Densuke Black Watermelon, sweet. In pocket, a stack. Milan designed leather shoes and gloves - Oh, I'm cursed, eternal, with such lavish loves! So what is the claim, if extravagance deems? I hope for tomorrow, and believe in my dreams. For naught yet compares to my imaginings' wealth, All the money on earth can't buy my good health. So I dream, but I'm happy with all I've been blessed, And MAYBE, in time ... fate will see to the rest.

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Jannie Breedt

Date: 5/19/2017 5:33:00 PM

Hi Greg I wrote you on inbox and email on 19 April. Just want to know if you got it. Lets please email rather.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 5/26/2017 6:22:00 PM

I found it in my spam folder, Jannie - not sure why they're ending up there, but I WILL email you - this soupmail leaves a bit to be desired. ;-)

Darren White

Date: 5/18/2017 12:29:00 PM

The title draw me to your poem, for a reason I will not mention here :) It is a great poem, it has a few things in there I'd rather not try (Kpoi Luwak), and I completely agree. My wishes are so much simpler than all this. I love the little things that make my life good, and maybe? Who knows :)

Darren White
Date: 5/20/2017 9:15:00 AM

Great, I will have to try then, because I drink water..... and coffee.... and nothing else!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 5/19/2017 1:58:00 PM

Yeah, I almost changed the name, lol, but then I thought - no, it was intended as something benign, and if people read it differently, no biggie, lol. Keep dreaming, buddy, we need those mental escapes ...

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 5/19/2017 1:58:00 PM

and you should TRY kopi luwak sometime, it is freaking YUMMY!! I tasted it with full knowledge of its "acquisition" process, expecting to hate it, but it was the smoothest coffee I've ever tasted!

Joseph Soper

Date: 5/18/2017 3:04:00 AM

Nicely done!! good read and fine ended with fine sentiment. Thanks for sharing...

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 5/18/2017 3:14:00 AM

Thanks, Joseph - much appreciated! :-)