β Scribed by Joey Bui
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Fortunes rise and fall. One day you have a lucky ticket and get a dinner so good and you eat so much that you think you'll never need to eat again. You get busy making plans and then the hunger comes looking for you.I'm just an old man selling lucky tickets, but my theory is that we all get our turn in the end. I've had my turn at fortune. It was some years ago, maybe 2002, because I remember that was when SΓ i GΓ²n was less red and bright with fried chicken signs everywhere.
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