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# Shark Tank
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/shark-tank/
- Published: 2021-10-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I met a billionaire once and asked him for some dough not not a handout, an advance my ducks were in a row I barely heard myself converse my face and ears aglow and all I got was a blank verse --
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I met a billionaire once  
and asked him for some dough  
not not a handout, an advance  
my ducks were in a row  
I barely heard myself converse  
my face and ears aglow  
and all I got was a blank verse --

turns out it's who you know

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790644-Starstruck