<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438913" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Living Within Reduced Means</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Variety may be the spice of life...<br>For those who can choose, <br>Whether or not...<br>To have beans and rice, <br>With a taste for steak.<br>Thawing to roast and bake, <br>In a pre-heated oven.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some today see variety as a luxury.<br>And preparing rice and beans, <br>Has become a daily ritual.<br>Since fixed budgets, <br>Have arrived on their scenes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Living within reduced means, <br>Is a reality for many that has demeaned.<br>And those still fortunate to have variety, <br>In their lives...<br>Stretch limited paychecks, <br>Realizing they have no idea...<br>What each day to them brings next.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet hopeful they are, <br>What is enjoyed today for them stays.<br>At least until that steak that thaws, <br>Is cooked.<br>And delivered in a presentation, <br>That is well done with vegetables...<br>Dripping deliciously and sautéed.<br>As seen in gourmet cookbooks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And leftovers are as appreciated...<br>Without getting a dirty look.<br>From someone who believes...<br>An abundance of choices, <br>Will remain to feed their greed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And prayers received are answered, <br>That returns them to an accustomed...<br>Feast of gluttony.<br>Without the fears of retribution, <br>That the stolen beef they eat... <br>Will not be taken from them by other thieves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438913" data-title="Living Within Reduced Means de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Variety may be the spice of life... For those who can choose, Whether or not... To have beans and rice, With a taste for steak. Thawing to roast and bake, In a pre-heated oven. Some today see variety as a luxury. And preparing rice and beans, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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