Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG OF A SPENDTHRIFT, by ANNETTE WYNNE


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SONG OF A SPENDTHRIFT, by                    
First Line: I had a thousand dollars - a sudden rain of pelf
Last Line: Than book and bank and emptiness to carry down the years.
Subject(s): Happiness; Singing & Singers; Joy; Delight


I had a thousand dollars -- a sudden rain of pelf.
I said, "I'll buy me now a shining treasure for myself."
And so I went outside and bought a whole long day of joy,
A thousand dollars' worth of something nothing can destroy.
I go about my living now, a slave for food and bed,
But I'd rather have that day of joy than a year of idle bread.
I'd rather have that day of joy, with its singing in my ears,
Than book and bank and emptiness to carry down the years.





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