fortune’s favored

a poem

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Odds always and forever in my favor
As if I crawled from a shining pool of luck
The path lit by Fortune's gleaming smile

Perpetually reminded of untapped potential
Omnipresent opportunity ever at my side
Of my worth, repeatedly reassured

Prodded by conventions unquenchable thirst for gain
Risking the jagged edge of the cliff
To peer down into the valley of loss

Without knowing what it was to gamble
I found myself a winner of the genetic lottery
Born a caucasian male

In a rainbow world