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Irecently accompanied a rich friend to do a fundraiser in guys I am buying to go call her and he will oblige. Alternatively,
the village. Being a tall guy, people assumed that I am his I wanna be the yuppie seated in a club, sipping some cognac,
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at the ceremony, almost groveling, turned to me and told me
to do my job well and ensure nothing ever harms him. I took it I wanna be rich so that my in-laws will be afraid of me. I like
in good humour. how people are always afraid of the rich men who have married
from their families. If you are poor, they treat you with scorn.
There is a way the society treats rich people that has now made But when rich, your word is always law. Your father-in-law treats
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to the village, we used his Toyota Landcruiser V8 and can you goat. They work with your time. Because they know you are
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“They know they can be transferred to the furthest place of to trouble you…And any time, she misbehaves, everyone will
Marsabit, or worse lose a job, if they dare waste my minute…” side with you.
The rich friend said arrogantly. The ladies with us laughed so
hard and loved him even more, as they treated me as that poor (V@MM@ADQHBGRNA@CRNSG@SODNOKDHMN?BDB@MADRB@QDC
cousin… when they see me. You know that boss in a suit who walks in
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Toyota, the cops are always harassing me. I have been arrested table, comfy chair, cushy carpet and all the trappings of a good
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cops know which side of their bread is buttered. out’ with important life and death document that must be
sorted for me, because I am too busy. You know, there is golf
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the indignity of the stupid searches. When you are poor, you
must take everything out of your pockets. The way the security I have hanged around enough rich people to know it is a good
guards look at you when you have coins, and a key with a key- thing, to operate above the law. To be jerky and be tolerated.
holder. They know you are going to see some VIP…And they are To be listened to even if there is nothing between your ears. To
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be the VIP who drives in with the big SUV, the car is searched meaningless answers, but everyone listening to me, because I
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guards will be restrained when they see me, except the polite, life as a poor man.
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or such small inconveniences that small people go through. One day. One day.

I wanna be rich, so that I can be the fool who is taking water @nyanchwani
in a club as my subjects are drinking the whisky I have bought. e-mail: snyanchwani@gmail.com
And they be regaling with exaggerated tales, each striving to
impress me. If I see a beautiful girl I fancy, I can order any of the

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