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To be rich

October 28, 2013
By Samantha_Lynn_Burke SILVER, Jefferson, Maine
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To be rich
What is it like
Is it fun?
Is it boring?

Would I be more loved
Would I be more popular
or like Richard Cory
Would I put a bullet in my head

Would I be so over powered
That I am hated
Would I be so depressed
That I no longer want live

But to stay as I am
I am happy
I am content
I just am

But for one day
a full 24 hours
I wish I was rich
Just see how life would be

© Greg R., Wichita Falls, KS

The author's comments:
My family was having financial issues, and the thought of mega-bucks came up so I was thinking what it would be like to be rich. But then I remembered a poem called Richard Cory, about a man who was rich but he didn't like how he wasn't normal so he out a bullet in his head, so then I thought, maybe not being rich is just fine.
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