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Incorrigible Lottery Dreamer

Paradise visage and eyes a bulge with dollar signs whets imagination with PowerBall ticket bought expect the usual outcome after next drawing to yield monetary naught temptation for instant millions human foible to reach for elusive pot of gold streak of universal desire for potential wealth overtakes rational self with delusions of grandeur caught allow, enable and provide flirtation with fate to experience rich draught envision emancipation from penury a distant battle fought and tacked hard scrapple existence wrought.   at the core legal tender in such precious chronically in short supply within this family of four though times eye desire at least another son or daughter more at such urge (long silenced of this ram beau by ewe too who) did vehemently roar boot budding young girls I whole-heartedly love and adore who rush into my arms whenever back from trivial pursuits nearly squeezing out digested gore when casually and nonchalantly turn the key to open the front door akin to the finest crafted clock work to sound the time of day they still dance and frolic like kittens or puppies bring newspaper and slippers sharing silly concocted faux pa lore inviting me to play make believe games on the floor enjoying revelry without keeping score yet…creating memories I will forever store.   Financial straits make our existence hand to mouth all grandiose aspirations to succeed in life frequently head south.   Creative endeavors find excitement and linguistic pleasure thru the attempt to pry poem or prose from mind deliberate semblance to communicate and extract idea from cranial rind words that synchronize suitably in poetic third eye bind readers may espy hidden puns within this rhyme lined with challenges or commiserate and complement via words of positive kind although large sum of money would be a dog send delivered by one blessed angel in disguise redemption and salvation considered thankful find.   Much rather be cursed with excess wealth Deliverance to life, liberty and mental health Depravity foreign concept never to rue by stealth bomber - to obliterate penury via greenback legal tendered war.

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