Unreal Estate

The special section in The Times,
Intended for the rich,
Showed real estate available
If homes you’d like to switch.

You need a fitness room or pool?
A chamber for the maid?
Six bathrooms and a terrace
Showing Central Park displayed?

Imported marble in the baths?
A cellar for your wine?
The latest in technology
And elegant design?

I don’t require all that stuff;
There’s nothing I am missin’
Especially compared to those
Without a pot to piss in.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022


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Date: 2/3/2022 5:06:00 PM
Well if they did have a pot to piss in they'd probably wish they had a chamber maid. :) lol
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Date: 1/30/2022 12:27:00 AM
Loving this one my friend; such a happy cadence!
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Date: 1/22/2022 8:30:00 PM
I like the ending. Pure defiance: I am Woman, Hear me Roar! ~ Helen Reddy
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Date: 1/21/2022 10:02:00 AM
Enjoyed! The more one has, the more worries one has just trying to keep what one has! On a large estate, 80% of the employees are working on how they can rip the owner off, yet billionaires remain focused on earning more billions to pay for it . . . .
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Date: 1/20/2022 7:15:00 PM
Ilene, you are so right who needs a mansion, I can make a cozy nest anywhere and be quite happy, your last verse is so funny ~
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Date: 1/20/2022 3:44:00 PM
What a fun poem Ilene! I so admire your ability to find fresh material, daily! That last line is just perfect!
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Date: 1/20/2022 2:49:00 PM
ha ha ha that final stanza really brings one down to earth x
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Date: 1/20/2022 2:35:00 PM
Super! Yes, and in my case, I am the one without a pot to piss in! Deb used to love to look at the real estate up for sale. She was a dreamer. Soon after a home went on the market, she would know what the asking price was and what it would sell for. I loved her enthusiasm.
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Date: 1/20/2022 2:28:00 PM
Lol you're so right Ilene, best of it is they don't get to take it with them when they die. Tom
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