The Basic Necessities Fund



The Basic Necessities Fund
Author: Mark V. Markov

It's very Biblical
To contribute to a helping fund
That sends out a payment
Towards basic necessities
For everyone

For all,
From the ages of sixteen and up
To receive  
Monetary help
Towards the basic necessities

When everyone buys a lottery ticket
The money accumulates
And goes towards the jackpot
Which is set towards
The basic necessities fund

And if someone wins,
The jackpot of the lottery.
They will pay,
Their lottery taxes on it.
With that money going into,
The basic necessities fund.

And from that fund
Monthly payments will be sent out
To everyone
Ages sixteen and up

There is no sin
When people contribute
with a hope to win
when people contribute
To a fund
That helps everyone

It's very clean
It's very Biblical
And if more people will contribute
By buying the ticket

As many more people will play
The bigger the jackpot will become
On the first and second try

And if no one wins
After the two tries.
The whole jackpot
Will be added to the basic necessities fund
From where the monthly payments
Will be sent out to everyone.
Ages sixteen and up.
That way everybody wins.

There is no sin
When people contribute
with a hope to win
when people contribute
To a helping fund
That sends monthly payments
To everyone

It's very clean
It's very Biblical
And if more people will contribute
By buying the ticket
As many more people will play.
The bigger the jackpot will become
On the first and second try

So if no one wins
After the two tries.
The whole jackpot
Will be added to the basic necessities fund
With monthly payments
To be sent out to everyone.
Ages sixteen and up,
That way everybody wins.

It's a win win situation.
If someone wins the jackpot
They will pay the lottery tax
Towards the basic necessities fund

And if they don't win,
After the two tries.
All the jackpot money will go,
Into the basic necessities fund.
Then the lottery,
Will restart again...
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Submitted by MarkVMarkov on July 16, 2022

Modified on April 06, 2023

2:00 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme Ab Caxde xfbxd gxhxA ijkxxA axEF LMLMae NCMG KOP iQHAreFI LMLMarE NCMGKOP iQHAreFI ehxa lQxajx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,952
Words 393
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 2, 5, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 4, 3, 8, 7, 7, 8, 4, 6

Mark V. Markov

Mark V. Markov [ˈmɑːrˌkɔːf] A Poet, Teacher, Theologian, Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Photographer. more…

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