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Yesterdays Mascara Robin Loving	Placed a wager on endless youth Risking your health, for a measure of wealth And throwing away your...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
I NEED YOU Abby Kesington	I wonder if life is worth a wager ...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
'Monstre' Balloon Richard Harris Barham	Where they boldly declare, any wager they'll lay, If the gas people there do not ask them to pay Such a sum as must force them...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Hieroglyphic Syllabary Christina Coleman Hardin	W Wager the winnings before you...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
I CALL YOU FRIEND Abby Kesington	Not as thick as thieves But I wager, closer than kin Proven you are no desperado You see right through my bravado And reach out...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Last Bet Kurt Philip Behm	dealer stared hard Waiting to die, his wager was late Waiting to die, which Joker abates Waiting to die, the odds become...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
My Addiction Jesse Wesley Bailey Jr.	Anyone wish to wager, I will take that...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Corner Sprout	Do not mind my off percent Its an unbalanced wager Do not mind the words I'm saying Even though You'll forget about them...	Rate it (4.50 / 2 votes)
The Contradiction Rhymed Kurt Philip Behm	All chips transparent a pot sublime A last wager made, —the contradiction rhymed (Villanova Pennsylvania:...	Rate it (3.00 / 1 vote)
-Wager Of Sin- Joseph Ernest Jr..	- Wager Of Sin- By: Joseph Ernest...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
1777 Amy Lowell	Not a feather, I...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Case for Chaos Mandi Liz Drake	the priceless resources they continue to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Happy Hobby Horse Michael Levy	Contentment of living should never be a wager, keep a steady pace, don't become a galloping major, jockeying for position could make...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Legend of Teignmouth Letitia Elizabeth Landon	To him who is away ; “I’ll wager on her lily hand, Where’s still a golden ring ; But, lady, ’tis a plainer one That o’er...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Matter of Knack William Thomas Goodge	Made a wager he could carry him a mile along the track; Which, considering M'Pherson was a very weighty...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A strange, rambling, jaunt through a few points in time and a few points in space Marcia J. La Vine	I'm willing to wager that every single thing in every single box that has predictably insisted on...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A tall (it)... All. Often Honest	all...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Walgett Episode Andrew Barton Paterson	They would wager that no one could ride him down The length of the city of Walgett...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
And Who Will Pay The Piper (Bussokusekika) Edwin Tanguma	At American Home Foods What of our wager Before my new promotion How much has two cents become And who will pay...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Another Nightmare Wesley Morin	diguised as democracy does the wager of war know the price of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Brings me little ease Kristopher D Hogan	Is all I hope to seize And I wager my own legacy For it brings me...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Choose Your Battles Wisely Badal Pal	what is worth fighting for and no wager if it’s doesn’t...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Corona Virus(Covid-19) Dua Shoaib	Children of a daily wager have slept on empty stomach Death pole is increasing; With every news bulletin; Who is...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Cup Couplets Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	For a many shall wager, but few shall...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Dante, Shakespeare, Milton - From Sydney Thompson Dobell	me laugh Or weep with them, and you—a wager,—aye, A wager by my faith—either his muse Was the recording angel, or that hand ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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