Money and Red Bull

Poverty is relative –
unless you’re living in it.
Then you’d trade for anything
in a New York minute.
Wealth does not bring happiness
or so the sages say;
but give me wealthy misery
at any time of day!
God throws money out his door
to land on Earth wherever;
those who stumble over it
think of themselves as clever.

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Caffeine drinks that give you wings
are not my cup of tea.
Why should I be wide awake
and yet so jittery?
Heaven is a feather bed
with no alarm clock ticking;
paradise contains no boss,
waiting — tongue a-clicking.
Maybe I will sleep through life
until the Second Coming,
then awaken to the gentle
strains of harps a-strumming.
But if I miss the Judgement Day
just send the text in full,
and don’t expect a quick response
cuz I won’t touch Red Bull.