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Beneath the Noise

We carry wounds which no one sees, Stripped bare by the world's quiet indifference. A life lost, forgotten by time's cruel hands, Moments of sorrow fade beneath others' noise. A bomb bursts, its weight unseen, And the rubble settles—no one comes to mourn. We sit with our aching bodies, Alone in a world that turns its back. A sickness takes root, And the world moves on—too busy, too ...

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PASSENGER

North liverpool taxi ride 

It was a clear.. autumn... day outside 

But everyone was unaware

Of this special day on Merseyside

I spoke to the driver in the cab 

He asked what I thought about the stag 

The stag I asked what do you mean 

 

It's all over the news haven't you seen? 

 

There has been sightings in the North of the city 

An animal rare so sacred so pretty 

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We're Animal Lovers Through and Through

We're Animal Lovers Through and Through

 

How nice to see the farmer

Hand-feed his farm-grown cow

We get a nice warm feeling inside

Everything's fine right now

 

Where the farm-grown cow goes next

We blot out from our mind

It's headed to the abattoir

How very, very kind

 

Into the supermarket we do go

Along the red-meat aisle

See all the packaged body part...

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