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Paul Wilson
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0 posted 2008-06-19 05:34 PM


Reality of Life
By Paul Wilson


Stomp the grapes plucked from vine
Saturday night aristocrats need their wine
Wineries say it’s another good year
Tell that to the liquor store cashier

Grocery store chains keep getting bigger
With prices so high what’s to figure
Blame the weather it’s dryer and warmer
Tell that to the local farmer

Wives clipping coupons each day
Trying to save a penny some way
Two for one the add says so nice
Only to find they’ve doubled the price

How will the poor folks get ahead
Some of us can’t afford to buy bread
Medicine needs re-filling now
What do they think I’m a cash cow

We work hard all our life
Just to support three kids and a wife
Hoping for that one big break
Praying we don’t make a mistake

Credit cards our ticket to ride
When the bills come due we try to hide
I’ve had it up to here we say
I know there’s got to be a better way

I’ll get of my soap box… okay
Hell their re-possessing it today
Just one more thought before I go
How high will the price of gas go


~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

[This message has been edited by Paul Wilson (06-21-2008 04:24 PM).]

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Earth Angel
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1 posted 2008-06-19 05:55 PM


That's quite the reality check! Too bad that it's right on the money! ~ of which we all seem to have too little of these days!

It's downright scary! It's a hard pill to take ~ but many cannot even afford that!!! Sheesh!

You did a great job of telling how it really is! ~ Unfortunately!

Love to you, my friend,
Linda


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2 posted 2008-06-19 07:17 PM


Dear Paul, this is a powerful poetic reflection on a very tough reality.
A situation that is worrying so many people ... all over the world!

Thank you, dear Paul, for speaking for many.

Love,
Margherita

Paul Wilson
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3 posted 2008-06-19 08:20 PM


Linda...Thanks, you are so right, a tough pill to swallow these days with the cost of living going up so much...Paul

Margherita...Thanks for the read, just one I wrote a couple years ago that seems to fit the situation we are in.
The rich get richer and the poor have to try a little harder to survive...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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4 posted 2008-06-19 11:02 PM


Your poem mirrors my train of thoughts these days.

The price of everything is beyond me,  literally.  

Now-a-days I shop at the dollar store!!  
who knew!!

Paul Wilson
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5 posted 2008-06-21 04:24 PM


Blues Serenade...Thanks for understanding. The situation is getting worse by the day for many people. It seems like someone could do something to help the people in need...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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6 posted 2008-06-25 10:03 PM


well, I can see a time coming where more people will have to have 2 jobs just to get by

sad sad stuff


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7 posted 2008-06-25 11:46 PM



You spoke true words in this one Paul

It is just the same over here.

I enjoyed your post, well done.

Lindsay

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