On Self-Deceiving Speculators

For some, this sort of scenario is from what "hoarding" stems - with which, sadly, we have first hand experience - “Don’t you stand there telling me you’ve fin’ly kicked the habit. You’d have to fight like hell to cram a toothpick on that shelf, And every room inside your house if bulging wall to wall...so all you’re actually doing now is - lying to yourself! Spending as you do on what you claim to be - ‘wise buys’ - is YOU essentially robbing YOU of sorely needed cash, And most of what I’m looking at is far from - ‘in demand’, acquired for meager prices being deemed as virtual trash! He that gambles recklessly, abandoning discretion - yielding to perceptions of imagined ‘quick returns’, Speculates - unwisely - on what seasoned buyers don’t, and winds up losing more than what he’s making --- as he learns! Securing certain outlets for your products in advance - to fashion risky ventures into profit-yielding scores - BEFORE you strike your bargains is the safest path I know to reaching expectations that can open wider doors, While trusting inexpensive items - plagued by narrow markets - often proves a recipe for limited success... And many are these sorry souls who squander precious treasure succumbing to their anxiousness to validate - their guess! BTW - I've now got 4 new Audio-CDs - @ 4 1/2 hours each = 62 diversely varied pieces. They’re listed on EBAY - under - “Mark Stellinga Poetry” - or available by simply contacting me at -- mark@writerofbooks.com -- should those of you who enjoy listening to poems as well as reading them - and particularly those of you that travel - care to be so entertained. (We use safe and simple - PayPal) There are also several of my pieces on YouTube --- Cheers, Mark