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The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold, We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold


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Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.

Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.



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Time was away and somewhere else, There were two glasses and two chairs And two people with one pulse.



A pharaoh's profile, a Krishna's grace, tail like a question mark.

A pharaoh's profile, a Krishna's grace, tail like a question mark.



It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.

It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.



Better authentic mammon than a bogus god.

Better authentic mammon than a bogus god.


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I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.

I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.



World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The drunkenness of things being various.

World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The drunkenness of things being various.



None of our hearts are pure, we always have mixed motives. Are self deceivers, but the worst of all Deceits is to murmur 'Lord, I am not worthy' And, lying easy, turn your face to the wall.

None of our hearts are pure, we always have mixed motives. Are self deceivers, but the worst of all Deceits is to murmur 'Lord, I am not worthy' And, lying easy, turn your face to the wall.




Politics: distrust all parties but consider capitalism must go.

Politics: distrust all parties but consider capitalism must go.





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