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Robert W Service - Vain VentureRobert W Service - Vain Venture
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To have a business of my own        With toil and tears, I wore my fingers to the bone        For weary years. With stoic heart, for sordid gold        In patient pain My life and liberty I sold        For others gain.         I scrimped and scraped, as cent by cent        My savings grew; I found a faded shop for rent,        Made it like new. Above the door the paint was dry        Where glowed my name: I waited there for folks to buy—        But no one came. Now I am back where I began:        Myself I sell. I grovel to a greedy man,        And life is hell. An empty shop of bankrupt shame        I pass before, Seeing my bitter, bleary name        Above the door.
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