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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Write in the POETRY genre (05/17/07)

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• TITLE: Petty Cash | Previous Challenge Entry
  By Venice Kichura
  05/19/07
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I think of how in younger years
When I was blessed with cash,
The dollars used to burn my hands
And to the malls I’d dash.

It felt so good to have some dough
That I could spend on me.
I’d hold it tightly in my hand
And plan my shopping spree.

It wasn’t on new trendy clothes
Or earrings, shoes or pearls
That I would blow my petty cash---
Those are for prissy girls.

But I would cruise the hobby stores
In search of a new toy,
And then I’d head for outlet malls
In central Illinois.

As years flew by, I shopped for more;
I had a mounting stash
Of knickknacks that I rarely used
Bought with my extra cash.


The trampoline I bought last fall
With Mamma’s birthday check
Was used at first, but now’s retired,
And parked on our back deck.


The quilting frame I grabbed last year
For thirteen, ninety-nine,
Now, dusty, stands in my garage,
Clipped to a “For Sale” sign.



I stood amazed how I acquired
A closet full of junk
That now is tossed and tightly crammed
Into a storage trunk.

I had so much I had a sale---
Folks flocked to my front lawn.
To my surprise, they came in droves,
All lined up before dawn.


Today I’ve found a deeper joy
Than marking junk as sold.
The cash that used to burn my hands
Is not for me to hold.


Today I find that extra cash
Just doesn’t bring a thrill.
For it’s in giving that I find
I’m doing God’s true will.

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It’s when I pass it to someone
Who has a greater need,
I find I overflow with joy---
It cures me of my greed.

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