July 9, 2008

Before I was rich

Before I was rich,
I polished my own shoes,
Washed my own car,
Ironed my own shirts, mowed the lawn,
Fixed my car
Did home repairs
Ate sparingly
Weighed a hundred and forty five pounds
Napped in the middle of the day;
Took Tai Chi
Fenced
Jogged in the park with the stopwatch I bought for twenty dollars at
Feldmar.
Bought a stained glass candle holder in Sausalito for five dollars and skipped
two meals to pay for it.
Before I was rich I was happy in my melancholy, wishing only for love to
make my life complete.
Now I am rich but not in money;
I am rich since I married you;
Rich in love and in happiness.
All else is memory.
-Michael


Posted at July 9, 2008 9:59 AM

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beautiful


Posted by: ami at July 27, 2008 3:05 PM

beautiful


Posted by: ami at July 27, 2008 3:06 PM

I love it...


Posted by: Liz at August 15, 2008 12:39 PM

I can't honestly remember how I got to your site (it may have been via Waxy, with whom I share a mutual friend) but it almost doesn't matter now. I am completely in love with your writing and have spent many hours going back through your previous entries. I've also purchased God Shaped Hole based on your commentary and I'm completely in love with it. Thank you so much for adding such dimensions to my silly little life


Posted by: Shelley at September 10, 2008 6:35 AM

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