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a beast on the parkway, a menace downtown, him fucking whorphan, turn frowns upside down

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I sit here, quite pampered, chilling like a fool, while girls in the West Bank, brave war to reach school

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his brain stuffed with gif files, and jpegs and memes, no wonder he suffers, from such violent dreams

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she's in far Las Vegas, or stuck on the Plains, I pine for that one lass, I shan't see again

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oh what foul temptation, that candy doth pose, my teeth it soon rotteth, my belly it grows

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he chip and he stack it, he pile it up good, he sawyer and fell it, these mountains of wood

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how healthy I feel – clear-headed, no snoozing – without beer-appeal, or too much foul boozing

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it's quite hard to deny, one's urges and lust, when ripe gals prance by, all primed for the thrust

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so angry, half-cocked, and Willy von Nilly, are those who put stock, in status – how silly

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he sit oh so quiet, he wait for him sign, he repeat the mantra, “There's nothing that's mine”

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seclusion, denial, and a hint of self-loathing, keep whorphan honest and humble, and stop him from roving

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 he who banks, on given statements, gets no thanks, and no due payments

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early dusk, and dawns' delaying – hints of winter, they're betraying

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cracked that egg and pinched that turd – I'm a fucking early-bird

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oh what a bummer, that season end at all; goodbye fair, bright summer, and welcome mister fall

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simple joys – like good night's sleeping – keep hearts poised, for joyous leaping

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I love this land, but not her leaders; their corruption's bland, stale lies they feed us

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no more leaf, used up the stashes; on seas of grief float mother's ashes 

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acid rain and swollen feces prove that man's the cruelest species

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we wait – without wafers, water – wallowing wantonly, woefully wistful

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whorphan push, him heavy mower; cheeks now flush, with ruddy vigor

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all spiders are here welcome, oh yes, on every wall; their webs catch flies and stink bugs, and skeeters large and small

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say what you will, of grandfather's snoring, the stories he tell, at least they're not boring

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a simple morn', so leisurely, devoid of scorn, of hatred free

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he drop a wad, at harbor's freighting, this solar job's too long been awaiting