The Thousand Dollar Lunch

Back in the late 1970’s, I was making lots of bucks;
I was looking for a tax shelter, where some money I could tuck!
At the men’s club where I worked out, a member talked to me;
He said he had the perfect plan, no better one there be!
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After a month of conversations, he convinced me to hear his pitch;
So I talked to my accounting firm, of Peat, Marwick and Mitch!
I arranged for a business conference, to have while eating lunch;
My Accountant brought an advisor, to see if this plan had any punch!
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We all met inside my Gallery, then went across the hall to eat;
I introduced them to my buddy, as we went to dine and meet!
They listened for an hour, ingested food and his shelter plan;
They said that they would call me, after a scrutinizing scan!
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We talked a few days later, and at their suggestion, I had to pass;
A few weeks later, their bill came, for time and research amassed!
It was nine hundred fifty dollars, payable upon demand;
The restaurant charged me fifty, but the lunch cost me a grand!
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                         The plan was not grand
                  But the one-hour lunch meeting
                          Cost me a thousand