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Fifty-Two Dollars

Fifty-two dollars Oh how I wish I had fifty-two dollars to cover the cost of a four-dollar meal, and pay for an outfit that’s much more in style, on sale, half the price, is considered a steal To gather a card for each holiday calling and write out your name where the address does go, grabbing a beautiful bouquet of flowers, that bloom like your smile each season they grow To purchase a suitcase for that destination, that brings my heart closer to where yours does wait while running to catch Monday’s bus at the station, for Tuesday or Wednesday just might be too late Oh how I wish I had fifty-two dollars, so I could be near you whatever I spend and maybe have change left to keep in my pocket, in case time allows me to see you again

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Date: 6/25/2023 10:57:00 PM
Chris l found this poem to be very touching and so beautiful in its simplicity! Congratulations on POTD….Debx
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Date: 6/24/2023 6:29:00 AM
This is great, and with the combination of inflation and an inflated heart!
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Date: 6/22/2023 11:18:00 PM
Congrats for your POYD,
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Chris Green
Date: 6/23/2023 6:49:00 AM
Thanks so very much Victor
Date: 6/22/2023 9:48:00 PM
Everything is so expensive these days and can be a struggle. A good poem. Congratulations on your POTD.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/23/2023 6:49:00 AM
Thank you for your kindness Jeanette
Date: 6/22/2023 5:35:00 PM
It certainly takes money to enjoy anything in the world. Being close to the one you love, is priceless. Your thoughts caress softly around me and my heart. This is beautiful, tender, and so romantic. Congratulations Chris, on Poem of the Day. My best to you. :) Brandy
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Chris Green
Date: 6/23/2023 6:48:00 AM
Thanks so much Brandy. Indeed, some things are priceless and some even cost nothing, like kindness and a smile. All free for the giving and taking. Thanks so much my friend.
Date: 6/22/2023 3:18:00 PM
Chris, wonderful to have you back. Congrats and high fives on your POTD! Your poem echoes with a pensive longing brought about by separation from love. So wonderfully expressed. So poignant. To often, today, people have to make decisions between food, gas and medications! Your poem has brought about a much needed conversation - the true work of a poet. Thank you. Blessings to you.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/23/2023 6:48:00 AM
Thanks so very much Sam for this wonderful review of my work. I appreciate it.
Date: 6/22/2023 12:08:00 PM
Well written verse my friend, but I am with Pangie, $52 barely covers the cost for a restaurant meal for one and a tank of gas for a small car. I bought a dozen doughnut holes for my grandson and it cost $2.50 Congratulations on your POTD.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 12:55:00 PM
Thank you Eve. You are right, it doesn't buy much but it was just something that popped into my head the other day and I couldn't get it out unless I wrote it down.
Date: 6/22/2023 11:09:00 AM
I very much enjoyed the whimsical tone of this piece, Chris, and congrats on POTD.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 12:54:00 PM
Thanks so much Jim
Date: 6/22/2023 9:31:00 AM
Fifty two dollars not go far,anymore. I liked this emotive piece, Chris, it was quite an emotive write. Congratulations on your POTD win! Pangie
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Panagiota Romios
Date: 6/22/2023 11:23:00 AM
Chris, really. This was an amazing write. Glad you were thrilled I liked it. I don’t make droolish comments to poems that are not even poems. Yours was a genuine poem. Hurrah. PR
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:02:00 AM
Thank you so very much. I am thrilled that you liked it.
Date: 6/22/2023 9:29:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD win. What a fun/true write. The money does not go very far these days. Have a great/blessed day writing away.................
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:02:00 AM
I appreciate your kind thoughts Paula.
Date: 6/22/2023 7:54:00 AM
Some places 52 dollars will not even pay for one meal. Other in unfortunate countries it will buy a man's life! Great verse my friend, I really like it. God bless..
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:01:00 AM
Thanks so very much Robert
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Robert Lindley
Date: 6/22/2023 7:54:00 AM
O' I FORGOT, congrats on POTD!
Date: 6/22/2023 7:42:00 AM
many congrats in POTD Chris, so good to see you back xx
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:01:00 AM
Thanks so much again Jan
Date: 6/22/2023 7:07:00 AM
Aha! Love your sweet poem, Dear Chris - so emotive! A beautiful romantic poem! "in case time allows me to see you again" - touched my heart. Congratulations on your POTD.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:01:00 AM
Thank you so very much for your kind words
Date: 6/22/2023 7:01:00 AM
Congratulations for POTD Chris. Enjoy :)
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:01:00 AM
Thank you Heidi. : )
Date: 6/22/2023 6:43:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD, Chris. Fifty-two dollars want get much in today's world. About the same as five dollars when I was fifty-two. Have a great day! Bill
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 10:00:00 AM
I know what you mean my friend. Thanks so much.
Date: 6/22/2023 5:55:00 AM
Congratulations on POTD! Love it, of course!
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:38:00 AM
Thanks again Kim.
Date: 6/22/2023 5:40:00 AM
Chris, It's always a pleasure to see your avatar and read your current reflections... Now as for the $52: One for each state, one for Puerto Rico?... and one for Ukraine? lol. Interesting number you picked!! ~ 52 Skid-Skid-Skidoo (Up from 22-Skidoo, thanks to relentless inflation!). Light and Illumination, Gershon
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:38:00 AM
Well, what do you think Gershon? An old poetic hack like me drops a poem about virtually nothing out of nowhere and gets POTD? What a great country. : ) It does make you wonder though. Thanks for coming by my friend.
Date: 6/22/2023 5:33:00 AM
Sentiments to live by! Warmest congratulations on POTD, Chris
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:37:00 AM
Thank you for your kindness.
Date: 6/22/2023 4:33:00 AM
Nice one Chris well worthy of poem of the day.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:37:00 AM
Thanks so very much John.
Date: 6/22/2023 4:18:00 AM
Great poetry Chris, I hope fifty-two dollars come your way. Congratulations on receiving the honour of poem of the day… Belle
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:36:00 AM
Thank you for your kindness.
Date: 6/22/2023 4:05:00 AM
Chris, I thoroughly enjoyed your rhythmic lines! Congratulations on your POTD honors!!
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:36:00 AM
Thanks so much Mike. I appreciate it
Date: 6/22/2023 3:50:00 AM
Chris, a wonderful poem, congratulations on POTD!
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:36:00 AM
Thanks for reading and commenting Tania.
Date: 6/22/2023 3:28:00 AM
Magnificently done Chris. The inflationary spiral from "brother can ya spare a dime" to fifty-two dollars. You have added a gentle simplicity to a complex dilemma.
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:36:00 AM
Thank John. I appreciate your nice comments today
Date: 6/22/2023 2:38:00 AM
- Life is hard to live without money today ... not everyone has money for a meal ... while others use money like toilet paper - Congratulations on your p.o.t.d. , Chris :) - hugs
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:35:00 AM
Thanks so very much my friend.
Date: 6/22/2023 2:17:00 AM
This one is lyrically brilliant Chris, if only you could put music to it, perhaps you can, great choice for POTD, congratulations are well deserved, cheers David
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Chris Green
Date: 6/22/2023 6:35:00 AM
Thanks so much David. Maybe I will do just that
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