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If I Had a Dollar

If I had a dollar for every one I wasted, If I had a good thought for everyone who ever hurt my feelings, If I had a nickel for every happy thought I have had in my life, If I had a gumball machine in my living room, I would be so happy. I would save those dollars this time. I would be elevated with the realization that they were hurting too. I would be no more wealthy than I already am. I would have gum available all day long, and evenings too. It would be great!

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Rhona Mcferran

Date: 11/7/2018 6:20:00 PM

Hahahaha! I love the way your mind works! ;)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/7/2018 8:14:00 PM

Thank you Rhona. I sometimes bemoan all of those dollars I wasted recklessly, and foolishly.

Line Gauthier

Date: 11/6/2018 6:53:00 PM

A fun poem, Caren. With a lovely message of gratitude and not asking for much at all.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/6/2018 7:04:00 PM

Thank you Line. My requirements are amazingly simple these days.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 11/6/2018 5:00:00 PM

ha! i like the way you think, caren! (and the way you're able to express your thoughts...)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/6/2018 7:05:00 PM

Thank you Ilene. It just comes out of my brain onto the paper. Sometimes I try to change it five or six times, but go back to the original in the end.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 11/6/2018 1:43:00 PM

There should be some fail-safe in every human psyche so that even if we try to ignore it; it would prevent us from blowing our wads on garbage that we don't need.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/6/2018 2:56:00 PM

I truly think of this as I haul out junk upon junk. Luckily after throwing away truckloads of stuff last summer, I am a lot more thrifty now. And it has lasted.

Eve Roper

Date: 11/6/2018 12:40:00 PM

If I had all the money that I wasted on miscellaneous frivolous things I would have a fortune :)

Eve Roper
Date: 11/6/2018 2:38:00 PM

: <3 )

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/6/2018 1:20:00 PM

We would be multi-zillionaires, right Eve?