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A for Apathy

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Are we just too lazy to stir,

toil and breed?

Too fey to strive for life,

our own and others'?

I guess we are.

 

So why knock immigrants?

Who else will clean our incontinent beds

when we are old and sad?

illegal immigrants

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<Deleted User> (9882)

Mon 25th Aug 2014 10:44

one 'clean up job'that would make me personally grateful to WHOEVER did it on my behalf.

(suggest 'soiled' beds) x

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 24th Aug 2014 11:59

I'd rather be old (older than I am now) and glad - thanks.
I might even invest in a bidet! :-)

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Nigel Astell

Fri 22nd Aug 2014 16:07

When I am old and sad
I just don't give a fuck
Who wipes my dirty shitty ass.

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