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The Life of an Ancient Mariner

By drkevin

Mon, 18 Oct 2021
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Indifferent mum.
Makes him rather glum.
Then a tot of rum,
With fabled bum?
A full tum,
Merry hum.
Skin turning plum.
His parrot's dumb.
But it's a good life, in sum.

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