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The Prisoner

By drkevin

Fri, 20 Nov 2020
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There's nothing like an anus to make us smile.
Nothing so human as a pile.
We like to pretend it's all so vile,
Throw ribald insults with spit and bile.
But God's designed our bodies with such exquisite guile.
We never see ourselves as prisoners; without a file.

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