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Poem 017 - If I had a dime!

By certifiablyinsane

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

If I had a dime for everytime someone said to me: Don't play with matches. I'd be a rich man. If I had a dime for everytime someone said to me: Egg juggling is not an Olympic sport. I'd be a very rich man. If I had a dime for everytime someone said to me: You smell like celery. I'd have $40.22. If I had a dime for everytime someone said to me: Geez, your flies undone! I'd have $5136.90. If I had a dime for everytime someone said to me: You're too tall for the kiddie playground. I'd have $670.40. If I had a dime for everytime someone prayed to me as their deity. I'd have $9543288.43. If I had a dime for everytime the voices in my suggested assassinating the creator of the Toaster Oven. I'd have $3400.00. If I had a dime for everytime a tripped over a leprachaun, dancing a jig, while playing the national anthem of Zaire on the Trombone and the spoons. I wouldn't have anything. Written January 10th, 2002 © on Jan 10 2002 02:22 PM PST   10 • 0

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