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Oh heavy heart

By threeleafshamrock

Sat, 17 Jan 2009
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Oh heavy heart,
Oh weary pump;
What keeps the bloodlines coursing?
Is it to slight,
With vicious spite,
The end that I’m endorsing
I gave you all
At every call
When you came helpless sourcing
With every beat
You still repeat;
Though moribund, still forcing

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