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Thirty years of monthly payments for a roof, garage, and backyard, The house burns down the day you pay it off, A brand new model, heated seats, leather wrapped steering wheel, more speakers than you can hear, pride and joy, taken from you by some careless ******* focused on "Me" not focused on red lights or stop signs. The frame is bent, airbags deployed, the insurance writes you a check and sends a form apology with next month's bill. The newest clothes aren't so new, once they're washed twice, but we base our wealth on fleeting things, wood, status symbols and cotton, We pay ourselves by saving money already spent, and paying old bills so we can have new ones, Wealth isn't tied to these temporary things, easily replaced by more work and money No Wealth is created, easily sustained, by good night kisses, road trips just because, and matching shirts for family pictures, things that make us remember how to be happy, because we are all temporary, but our love is not so easily replaced. So even if you rent, or you take the bus or you have clothes in your closet for years The time spent with people you love wil always cover you until the next paycheck you've already spent anyway.
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 3:43 PM UTC
Wealth
Thirty years of monthly payments for a roof, garage, and backyard, The house burns down the day you pay it off, A brand new model, heated seats, leather wrapped steering wheel, more speakers than you can hear, pride and joy, taken from you by some careless ******* focused on "Me" not focused on red lights or stop signs. The frame is bent, airbags deployed, the insurance writes you a check and sends a form apology with next month's bill. The newest clothes aren't so new, once they're washed twice, but we base our wealth on fleeting things, wood, status symbols and cotton, We pay ourselves by saving money already spent, and paying old bills so we can have new ones, Wealth isn't tied to these temporary things, easily replaced by more work and money No Wealth is created, easily sustained, by good night kisses, road trips just because, and matching shirts for family pictures, things that make us remember how to be happy, because we are all temporary, but our love is not so easily replaced. So even if you rent, or you take the bus or you have clothes in your closet for years The time spent with people you love wil always cover you until the next paycheck you've already spent anyway.
NaPoWriMo #22, No prompt
#love#time#family#wealth#work#bryangrissom#grizzo
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 3:43 PM UTC
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