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WHO ARE THE LUCKY ONES?

What looks like truth

often is not.

Looking thru the keyhole

often does not tell

the full story.

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He had it all

we had little

but

We found joy in our little

he miserable with his all.

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He stood in his Armani suit, pearly white teeth, Salvatore Ferragamo dress shoes

we in our Levis, dirty nails and tattered tennis shoes.

Our hearts full

his empty. 

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