{"id":552,"date":"2013-02-25T23:20:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T23:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2013-02-25T23:20:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T23:20:35","slug":"an-offering-from-stash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"An Offering From Stash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=552\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><strong><em>Hello my dear,dear reader.<\/strong> Today, for good or bad, I offer to you the following poems. I do so in the hope that they bring a smile to your face and a bit of sunshine to your day. <strong>Stash<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambivalence<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hot.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s cold.<br \/>\nIt rains.<br \/>\nIt snows.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s windy.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s still.<br \/>\nSummer swelter.<br \/>\nWinter chill&#8230;<br \/>\nIt\u2019s March in New Jersey.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Stash<\/strong>                 <\/p>\n<p><strong>The American Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cruising the offerings on my wide screen TV,<br \/>\nI chanced upon a station called QVC.<br \/>\nLike Dorothy stepping into the world of Oz&#8230;<br \/>\nI was dazzled by all of the things I saw.<br \/>\nThere, happy hosts with plastic smiles<br \/>\nWere joined by guests and were \u2018selling wild\u2019.<br \/>\nIt was like going to the mall to lose the blues,<br \/>\nOnly from my couch and without my shoes.<br \/>\nA lovely apparition&#8230; one that could haunt&#8230;<br \/>\nThere before me&#8230; anything I could want:<\/p>\n<p>Spanks that flatten your chubby tummy.<br \/>\nOmaha Steaks, looking really yummy.<br \/>\nJoan River\u2019s dresses that make you slimmer.<br \/>\nEmeril\u2019s pots so you can simmer.<br \/>\nShiny coin sets, both new and old.<br \/>\nKnives and swords to have and hold.<br \/>\nCakes and cookies you don\u2019t have to bake.<br \/>\n\u201cDiamond\u201d rings that don\u2019t look fake.<br \/>\nJeans that stretch, when you wear them&#8230;<br \/>\nSewing machines, for when you tear them.<br \/>\nFlirty dresses and slim pencil skirts,<br \/>\nChinese jackets, embroidered shirts.<br \/>\nFaux fur coats and Irish sweaters.<br \/>\nEnergy drinks for the young go-getters.<br \/>\nComputers, processors&#8230; you name the appliance.<br \/>\nCamping equipment for self-reliance.<br \/>\nBonbons, taffy, sweet peanut brittle&#8230;<br \/>\nTabletop ovens, George Forman griddles. <\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a heaven, this must be it&#8230;<br \/>\nWrong size? Return it, if it don\u2019t fit.<br \/>\nAnd if you struggle with banking statements,<br \/>\nDelay the cost with three stretch payments.<br \/>\nUsing Visa also helps to make life nice&#8230;<br \/>\nGood God! QVC is a shopping paradise!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello my dear,dear reader. Today, for good or bad, I offer to you the following poems. I do so in the hope that they bring a smile to your face and a bit of sunshine to your day. 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