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Wasted Verses Ushers Quirky Pathetic Oeuvre

Wasted verses ushers quirky pathetic oeuvre HENCE....herewith, a post (traumatic) stressed disordered poetic whim to summarize fantasy incorrigible lottery dreamer paradise visage and eyes zapping, swatting, and battling a bulge with dollar signs whets imagination with Mega Million ticket bought temptation for instant millions human foible to reach for elusive pot of gold streak of universal desire for potential wealth overtakes rational self with delusions of grandeur caught allow, enable and provide flirtation with fate to experience rich draught envision emancipation from penury a distant battle fought expect the usual outcome after next drawing to yield monetary windfall naught impossible mission to banish tantalizing thought and fully block and tackle hard scrapple existence wrought. When (countless moons ago) progeny discovered girlhood insights, I did wholeheartedly love and adore who rushed into my arms whenever back from trivial pursuits at the core when casually and nonchalantly turn the key to open the front door legal tender in such precious chronically in short supply within family catch bull at four inviting me to play make believe games being King Midas on the floor boot budding young lady begotten girls nearly squeezing out digested gore akin to the finest crafted clock work to sound the time of day they danced and frolicked like kittens or puppies though at times I desired them to bring newspaper and slippers questioning reciprocating sharing silly concocted faux pa lore at least another son or daughter more at such urge (long silenced of this ram by ewe gnu who) did vehemently (cue Katy Perry's pet lioness) to roar enjoying revelry without keeping score yet…creating memories I will forever store. Financial straits affected our existence hand to mouth all grandiose aspirations to succeed in life frequently head south. Creative healthy endeavors find excitement and linguistic pleasure thru the attempt reasonably rhyming aligned words that synchronize suitably in poetic third eye blind delivered by one blessed angel (beating tom tom club) in disguise redemption and salvation considered thankful find readers may espy hidden puns within this rhyme lined with challenges or commiserate and complement via words of positive kind although large sum of money would be a dog send to pry poem or prose from mind deliberate semblance to communicate and extract idea from cranial rind loosening pent up tension to unwind Much rather be cursed with excess wealth deliverance to life, liberty never to rue by stealth and mental health depravity foreign concept as is the obsolete word dealth; A share dealt out; a portion or division.

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