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Forgetting Me Suits You

You look better than for ages

A healthy bloom on your skin

The way you walk so boldly

Proudly holding up your chin

 

Of course, you didn't see me

Admiring your mien so new

I must admit, against my will

That forgetting me suits you

 

Yet paradoxical as it seems

Without my baneful actions

You'd be that mouse of old

Tip-toeing about in fractions

 

Yes, I c...

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