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An Unfortunate Fortune

By Bethany LarsonPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Photo by Travis Essinger on Unsplash

The famous are so sad

Yet we want their fortune so bad

As if happiness is monetary

It could be worth a life so solitary

To sit above the world and slowly go mad

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Bethany Larson

Writing when I feel like it

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