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Doubting thomas doth hanker to live in or share

Doubting thomas doth hanker to live in (or share)... a house without gossips nor gonifs with the missus Maybe a pair of stray eyes will alight on my post might subsequently manifest destiny as a positive force to help me secure a moderately roomy dwelling place whereby we hang figurative hats (the writer of these words, and his partner in rhyme - ha), would feel ever so grateful carriage house, domicile, pied-à-terre, et cetera to till and sow the land, (a manageable sized garden patch) harvesting the fruits and vegetables blanching, canning, pickling, preserving, et cetera experiencing collective soulful labor of love witnessing a bumper crop (of so called weeds - ha again) sharing with family and friends that which gets produced videre licet sweat of our brow. After moving out from 324 Level Road (after overstaying welcome, - and wearing out welcome mat which parents of mine made quite evidently clear as their second born and singular son struggled acquiring and maintaining gainful employment as well as hopscotching from one college/university o another plus qualifying to get enrolled into various and sundry county training programs. After the then girlfriend (eventual wife) blithely forewent using birth control, no surprise when she discovered herself with child, which expedited shotgun wedding and necessitated us to seek out accommodations, which we luckily found in Hatfield, Pennsylvania only to quickly discover the presence of water bugs that did congregate underneath the sink. Though yours truly rented that first said apartment than when lease did NOT get renewed, a few other different units within southeastern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania throughout livingsocial on this oblate spheroid threescore and five orbitz around the sun, nevertheless a homing instinct wired into these lovely bones, who recalls with fond memories the residence, where this sexagenarian spent his growing up years (long since razed and replaced with vinyl city - cookie cutter place of residence courtesy Gambone brother building contractors. An electronic SOS broadcast on a wing and a prayer if for no other reason than to offer a doodling yankee the pleasure to craft a wish upon a star poem but stark realization raises an ugly head reminding self proclaimed (Shakespearean scribe - ha a third time) hemmed in courtesy severely pinched financial circumstances in tandem whereby sole income, and affordability to move into other than low rural development low-income housing facility and most likely (bereft of life insurance) unwittingly saddled with fees associated with cremation, the least costly to wallet and environment.

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