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My self

The masses are out,

Me, standing still,

Watching them

Running rings round me.

A dizzy feeling overcomes,

I stumble,

Disorientated,

Overwhelmed by the crowd,

Struggling to find a hole

In which to climb,

Too many voices

Curtailing thought,

Stamping with their feet,

Stamping with their minds,

Trying to r...

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Rain Doesn't Matter Now

We were full of ourselves in those days

Life was a treasurehouse of pleasure

We had our fill of the world's offerings

And took its ripened fruit at our leisure

 

Rain doesn't matter now you're gone

Nothing seems important anymore

We madly moaned about the weather

The God-given gale onto the shore

 

But our love took it all for granted

Selfishness was the order of t...

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