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Learning It All

I set my phone on silence to think aloud

I got ringed for help, I am helping me too

I thought aging was growth, redefining it

It is losing the hard to replace characters

Taking time to break & rebuild flaw traits

 

I paid for knowledge with beans I picked

Schools I went to were built for capitalism

I got here just to learn, it’s all about money

I see, there’s more to bucks than spending

Flipping coins to win on higher repo rates

 

It’s a hierarchical structured world, please

It’s hard to stay true. So, I learn deception

Hours I put in may be cheapened with luck

But, I feel the beauty of a painful journey

Until rainy days come, I am learning it all

🌷(7)

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Comments

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 11th May 2023 16:46

Keep at it Lucas.

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