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Investing In An Impotant Night's Sleep

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By Marc OBrienPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Top Story - March 2025

I know I can

All I need to do is scan

This here, promotional barcode

Then it will be sold

What I desperately must have, now today

I convincingly say

Happily, I go along

Whistling a joyous song

Nocturnal product obtained

Simply put, ‘who's going to complain’

Arriving tomorrow

Removing any sleepy sorrow

Since I never did borrow

Any loaning horror

Requesting a credit line increase

Granted my financial score, will be declared deceased

But I did want that bedding thing

Royal box spring

Sized King

Larger than a queen

Advertised ‘comfortable dream’

On sale, making it great

A few clicks, all it did take

Sweet sheep scene it will create

Until morning, rested, I wake

Off to a commitment I am prepared to do

A lucrative job interview

Looking fashionably cool

Wearing attire named Brothers Brooks

Baiting a ‘hire me’ hook

When I have the floor

I will lure

Them

Barbie with her executive Ken

Resume earlier I did send

Hoping they would read

And believe

My past

Encourage them to cast

Me in a position

Where I will sit and listen

Collecting a check

Developing respect

Paying off that debt

I did get

Turning the opportunity knob

Pursuing the perfect job

In an office setting

Working wedding

That is clean and nice

Worth spending the luxurious residency pitching price

When hustling, throwing, the human resource employment dice

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About the Creator

Marc OBrien

Barry University graduate Marc O'Brien has returned to Florida after a 17 year author residency in Las Vegas. He will continue using fiction as a way to distribute information. Books include "The Final Fence: Sophomores In The Saddle"

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    Written by Marc OBrien