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When I was a baby I could close the world |
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Up in fleshy pink mitts |
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Now the world flays the infant palms |
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And the bones drip out in its spit |
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When I was small I reached up so high |
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And grasped at the morning star |
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Now the wormwood topples down on me |
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And smashes all my parts |
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When I was a child my bones spread out |
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Like peacock feathers alive |
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Now the feathers wilt like cancerous boils |
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Leaving sagging pores in my hide |
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When I was of age I saw a gate so wide |
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And a path so broad for the taking |
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But the road to everything led to a cliff |
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Where I sprawled out naked and aching |
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Now that I'm old I see the light |
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And I see it was never there |
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Everything leads to nothing |
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Nowhere and I don't even care |
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I don't even care |
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I don't even care |
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I don't even care |
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I don't |