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I love-
but how unreservedly?
I speak
but how honestly?
I play the game
how fairly?
I work
but how dedicatedly?
I write
but how accurately?
I travel
but how purposely?
I praise
how sincerely?
I sleep
but how soundly?
Everyone has had
their say
enough--no more-
goodbye is the final word
as we silently walk away.
**** me and then put me in a coffin
next to that majestic oak.
Look at my pale face while you wrap the lifeless body in a black cloak.
Start a fire, but don’t burn yourself just to hide me in the smoke.
The words on your lips wound my existence, until, on them, i choke:

“Sleep easy, sleep well, my little darling,
soon i’ll be with you, when the stars start falling.
Dream sweet, dream of me, my tender starling,
everything is going to be all right, there will be no more crying.
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