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Incorrigible Lottery Dreamer

(randomly drawn years gone by
without gifted with pipe dream pot of gold)

Paradise visage and eyes
  a bulge with dollar signs
   whetted imagination
   PowerBall ticket bought

expected usual outcome
   after next drawing
   to yield monetary naught
temptation for instant millions

   human foible to reach
   elusive pot of gold
   streak of universal desire  
   potential riches
   overtook rational self
   delusions of grandeur caught

aloud, enabled and provided flirtation
   illusory fate to experience rich draught
envisioned emancipation
   nondenominational penury
   distant battle fought
attacking hard scrapple existence wrought!

At core
 precious legal tender chronically
   short supply within
   this (then) family of four
though hard times, eye desired at least

   another son or daughter
urge (long silenced this ram
   ewe who) vehemently didst roar
boot budding young girls

   I whole-heartedly loved and adored,
who rushed into opened arms,
   whenever back from trivial pursuits
   nearly squeezing out digested gore,
when casually and nonchalantly
   turned key to open front door
akin to finest crafted clock work

   sounding time of day
   they danced and frolicked
   like kittens or puppies
   bringing newspaper and/or
   dem golden (ha) slippers
   sharing silly concocted faux pa lore

inviting me to play
   make believe games on floor
enjoying revelry
   without keeping score
yet…creating memories
   I forever store!  

Financial straits
   made unsettled existence hand to mouth
   fantastically generated grandiose aspirations
   successful life frequently headed south.

Creative endeavors
   found excitement and linguistic pleasure
   thru attempt to pry poem
   or prose from mind
deliberated semblance to communicate

   and extract idea from cranial rind
words synchronized suitably
   in poetic third eye bind
readers may espy hidden puns
   within rhyme lined
 with challenges or commiserate

   and complement
   via words of positive kind
although large sum of money
   would be dog send
   delivered by one

   blessed angel in disguise
   redemption and salvation
   rued bing considerate regarding
   thankful escape out thumb poverty dust grind.

Much rather be cursed
   with excess wealth
deliverance to life,
   liberty and mental health
depravity foreign concept
   never to rue by stealth,
nor can money buy spiritual wealth!
Written by george4man2box (matthew scott harris)
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