Onyx Harmonics

Once a gambler, always... ... so the sceptics say... My retort is life's a gamble We take risks every day I reside in a house palatial Can justify purchases wasteful Wise bets are luxuries paid for Extravagant lifestyle enabled Jewellery gathers, burgeoning From overstuffed box, emerging Avoid crowding, time to pawn My value continually surging! String of onyx required no thought Ripped quickly, no longer sought Capitalist bent continually urging For exchange, gems duly brought To seedy grimy store, 'We Sell All' Flat rejection brought my apall Not impressed by onyx glib faces Declared necklace worth bugger all In its absence necklace graces Dazzling array, high value embraces Dull rock considered inconsequential Celestial head breeds striking phrases NB: For Julia, who cancels Contests I enter