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Selection Dejection

From the golden lamp a genie emerged For a thousand years he had been submerged Said, 'I can give you vast wealth Or I can give you good health' But either one by itself is a scourge

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Date: 4/30/2021 2:54:00 PM
No matter what the price is, one should go for health... A cute write.. Stay safe
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/1/2021 7:46:00 PM
100% A healthy choice, Paghunda. Thanks gw
Date: 4/28/2021 9:49:00 PM
I will take the good health and I bet you will too!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/1/2021 7:46:00 PM
Depends how much money you bet... Nah, just kidding. Money can't buy you health, as the Beatles should have sung! :) gw
Date: 4/28/2021 11:54:00 AM
That is what happens when one rubs the genie or the lamp the wrong way? Aloha! Rico
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/28/2021 6:07:00 PM
Hahahahahaha! Great comment, Rico. :) gw
Date: 4/28/2021 8:21:00 AM
So true, GW. I once got a little piece titled "Rejection Selection" published in Writer Magazine. It was the various rejection letters I had received from publications. I tried to turn lemons into lemonade!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/28/2021 6:07:00 PM
Best I've never done is turn Gators into Gatorade. lol.
Date: 4/28/2021 4:12:00 AM
Ooh! Poof goes the dream! Surely the dreamer picks wealth, at what cost?!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/28/2021 6:06:00 PM
Perhaps the price is right for health these days...
Date: 4/28/2021 1:37:00 AM
Lol, damned if you do damned if you dont. Hope you're well Gershon. Tom
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/28/2021 6:05:00 PM
Genie was no Genius, eh Tom?! Peace and Tranquility, Gershon
Date: 4/27/2021 11:05:00 PM
How true, Gershon! A rainbow with any colour missing, is incomplete (don’t pinch this line, it’s copyright!)
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/28/2021 6:00:00 PM
Inch Me and Pinch Me were in a boat. Inch Me fell out. Who was left?! lol. Thanks, Seeker

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