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Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of Gold

Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold two alternate titles: 1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg 2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer linkedin with previous poem I wrote though modesty deters crafty, lofty, nifty, thrifty... wordsmith and Perkiomen Valley poet i.e. yours truly quietly to gloat. If lady luck smiles on me denote big plans to relocate self and spouse to some tropical island paradise by the dashboard light (the above line credited to musician named Meatloaf) upon arrival of my steamer rather Ferry large boat. A fool's errand finds me emptying out billfold, especially as the winnings increase ...fivefold, sixfold, sevenfold, eightfold, ninefold, tenfold... ample resources to remould living nonestablishmentarian existence surrounded courtesy webbed, wide wold. Paradise visage and eyes a bulge with dollar signs whets imagination with Mega Millions ticket bought for potential wealth overtakes rational self with delusions of grandeur caught allow, enable and provide flirtation with fate to experience rich draught envision emancipation proclamation from penury a distant battle fought expect the usual outcome after next drawing to yield monetary naught temptation for instant mega millions eagerly sought human foible to reach until life lesson taut for elusive pot of riches streak of universal desire and tacked clear of shoals, where hard scrapple existence wrought. This poor man's pipe dream nsync with the milkmaid and her pail where fanciful notions pluck me out being day late and dollar short essentially pennilessness in the extreme story of mein kampf fortune teller also known as Zoltar speaks machine said contraption did foredeem substantiated, kickstarted, corroborated... courtesy an archenemy Joaquim (fiend nixed) and his tall sidekick Kareem both rogues could shine figuratively impregnable longerbeam and discern mine ill fate. Meanwhile creative endeavors and linguistic pleasure thru the literary attempt suitably with poetic third eye blind palliative, yet less rewarding versus garnering large sum of money would be a dog send allowing, enabling, and providing arrogant stance where proletariats deigned delivered by one blessed angel in disguise redemption and salvation considered thankful find with challenges or commiserate courtesy poverty that doth grind and complement via words of positive kind feeble attempt where words synchronize readers may espy hidden puns (and divine inspiration - ha) within this rhyme lined to pry poem or prose from mind deliberate semblance to communicate and extract idea from cranial rind analogous how stitcher doth tightly wind a tapestry of rich and royal hue while twittering and tweeting “better luck next time.”

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