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Living with the curse

By Parson Thru

Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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I’m wobbly, too, I say
Silently blaming Sartre
Though it’s not really his fault
 
Why can’t we be like daisies?
 
Wait for the sun
Follow it round
Watch it sink
Repeat
 
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