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Luck of the Draw

lots of people
have bad experi
ences some of
the time. know
ing no differently,
perhaps they ass
ume this is just
a characteristic
of being human.
the human con
dition, or just
conditioning,

always having

thought that
think this is
just the way
it is. we gen
erally are
blessed with
a larger amount
of good luck, while
occasionally exper
iencing some un
fortunate events
or time periods.
do you know any
one at all who only
ever has good luck?
or only ever has
bad luck? i have
lived a life that
can be most
easily described
as abundant, filled
with good stuff,
inundated with
it, even. up
until i reached
my late forties, 

i would say.
ever since
then i tend
to jive with
a separate
group, which
are those for

whom bad luck

seems the over

whelming norm. 

as fair or as
even-handed as
that may sound,

to me, at any rate,
taking my life as
a whole, i can
assert with con
viction that this
latest phase really
pisses me off.