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the stirring of the stars

By braintrain

Mon, 21 Dec 2015
  • 607 reads
 

Round and round we go

like cogs in a working clock

already wound and ticking along

but only the maker knows whats going on

what happens when we break?

will he fix us or just replace

so round and round we go

until the final gong is rung

this song is sung

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Poetry from Dude
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