dear universe

Dear Universe,

I would like to claim some happiness.

I am attracting it to myself, and you will kindly send it my way.

I am laying my stakes and not leaving until it's mine.

I am claiming it as my own.

Somewhere out there, you must find my portion.

Wherever that happiness is, you know my address.

I would also like to claim some money.

I am sure you have many demands for money, but I'm demanding some, too.

I am laying my claim to some good old financial aid.

Preferably not in the form of loans, please.

Scholarships and fellowships will do.

(You know graduate school is not an option without it, right?)

I am attracting it in.

And it will come to me.

I am also attracting

confidence,

beauty,

hope,

self-respect,

good temperament,

optimism,

kindness,

pleasantness,

not-feeling-sorry-for-myself-ness,

and a man.

I am claiming them from you, Universe.

And you will give them to me.

With zeal and determination,