{"id":2158,"date":"2016-09-11T20:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T04:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2016-09-11T20:12:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T04:12:48","slug":"not-the-way-to-win-a-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2158","title":{"rendered":"Not The Way To Win A Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 <\/span>Not The Way To Win A Trip<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Shout it to all, hill over dale.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Today I won a trip in the mail.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Off to Alaska. All expenses paid.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Sounds like I have got it made.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I called the #,—- all excited.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He wanted info. I didn\u2019t fight it.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He said I had a meeting to go to.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What else did I have to go through?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Two hours of my precious time.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, the trip would be all mine.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was a time share. Imagine that.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They wanted my business. It\u2019s a fact.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The two hours stretched to four.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I was ready to walk out the door.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We said \u201cNo!\u201d a hundred times.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They were kind, but had set minds.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Finally, they wore us down.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They offered the best deal in town.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Now, we were ready for our trip.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was all supplied in a little kit.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A hundred hoops to jump through.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Really limited on when we flew.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It took many calls to get it set.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Have we sacrificed enough yet?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We finally got the trip to Alaska.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

If you ever go I won\u2019t ask ya.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Cause, if your trip is like ours ,<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

you won\u2019t want to go that far.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The trip really sucked big time.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Surely, the worst trip we could find.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Now we owe our lives to a time share.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I hope this makes you all aware.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It is a trap well worth avoiding.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In the end you\u2019ll feel like voiding.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

—————–R. W. Johnson—–(2016)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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