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Continuing to post my poetry online. This poem was written during a period selling Amway in 1999.

There was a young man from Coonabarabran

Who lived with his grandma and great aunty Nan

He went to work and sweated all day

While they stayed at home and spent all his pay

This state of affairs did continue to exist

Until the day he decided to resist

He said this job is driving me crazy

And grandma and Nan are just plain lazy

I know what to do he jumped up and said

If you want to do something to get ahead

Go meet some people – go say gidday

Get paid for shopping – just join Amway

He went to a meeting and got all fired up

He dreamed a dream – saw the winner’s cup

And now he lives a fun life each day

And grandma and Nan can’t spend all his pay

There’s so much money and so much time

And this line of the poem just has to rhyme

He’s going diamond and having a ball

The secret was dreaming and not thinking small

© Timothy Miller 1999