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Rags and Riches

"On the right is the poor, on the left the rich, in between a road to nowhere" When they said that you haven't truly lived life It's true if you've been only on one part of the divide While the divide is small, it's also big For how can you explain the huge disparity One wakes up with the sun on the east While the other sleeps when the sun rises east For even during the night he needs to make a living He tells himself that he'll rest when he's on the grave The one on the left always wants to be right While the one on the right is always left Left to wallow in the emptiness of opportunity For survival comes to them first, other things follow The divide is so big that most would be walking on their side Trying to get a chance to cross over to the other side And very few do manage to cross to the left But it takes a lot for its hard to spot signs when you lost The only direction they know is one way Never have been on the two way Where its a case of give and take, call it connection While those on the right can barely get a call picked But as long as the sun rises from the east And sets on the other side, west It shows that they're not any different It just takes different times for the sun to be on their side The PO£T

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