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© 1997 by M. Otis Beard. All Rights Reserved.

Lotteries and bingo games
Return no loving numbers
The folded bills that you deface
Cannot buy back your wasted grace
Stale humanity encumbers
You with leaden shames

Wedding nights and Christmas farms
Promise no morning reprieve
The crisp new bills that you ignite
Cannot buy back your appetite
What sodden soul that you receive
Would sleep in your arms?

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