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The Candle

By drkevin

Thu, 03 Feb 2022
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It's no good muttering,
Stuttering and spluttering.
Stuffing the toast you're greedily buttering.
The candle's lit, but it's sooty and guttering.
Hubristic man is deadly cluttering.

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