My poem: I bought a Monkey's Paw at CVS: Gen

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Title: I bought a Monkey's Paw at CVS
Poetic form: villanelle
Length: 151
Rating: Gen
Notes: Reference to short story The Moneky's Paw by W. W. Jacobs. Photo of the item in question below :)

I bought a Monkey’s Paw at CVS
for fifty cents, a scratcher for the back
or so they say, but I’ll just wish, I guess

I found it in an overstocked recess
a bucket of them hanging on a rack
I bought a Monkey’s Paw at CVS

a metal hand, its fingers curled possess
sharp claws designed for expert itch attack
or so they say, but I’ll just wish, I guess

there’s so much that I want, I must confess,
and so, like fabled, greedy maniac,
I bought a Monkey’s Paw at CVS

I’ll wish for money, fame, prestige, success.
best not to think so much of what you lack,
or so they say, but I’ll just wish, I guess

the twisted means to ends, I’ll just suppress,
the grant by way of bloody awful hack
I bought a Monkey’s Paw at CVS,
or so they say…but I’ll just wish…I guess?