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- Joseph Childress Absence makes the heart grow Fonder for most Somber for some Odd of others The presence of love Is the foremost force In the divorce Of reason Attachments Magnets Victims of attraction Repel Then make tractions That keep the world Moving Rebels revel In revolution Worshipping The great changing Like crescent moons Before the new Each phase Relays the latest trend As love, hate and sin Blends in a cocktail Of delusion Drunkards play martyr In the extremist Conditions Relentless systems of belief That leaves relief For the reliving of death The children witness it all Imitating And coming up shorter Than expectations With each generation Alternating ideas For alternatives Altering native ways of thinking Beings battle for correction In facilities As others rights Squander In the quelling of dissent Fighting fear Is dear To the hearts of trendsetters Setting the standard For the new age New way of thinking Off to Walden’s Lake For the Great Disappearance Dissing appearance For the sake of absence As absentmindedness Watches from afar Don’t worry I’ll return with enough Civil disobedience The laws will have to change In our honor
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 6:05 PM UTC
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- Joseph Childress Absence makes the heart grow Fonder for most Somber for some Odd of others The presence of love Is the foremost force In the divorce Of reason Attachments Magnets Victims of attraction Repel Then make tractions That keep the world Moving Rebels revel In revolution Worshipping The great changing Like crescent moons Before the new Each phase Relays the latest trend As love, hate and sin Blends in a cocktail Of delusion Drunkards play martyr In the extremist Conditions Relentless systems of belief That leaves relief For the reliving of death The children witness it all Imitating And coming up shorter Than expectations With each generation Alternating ideas For alternatives Altering native ways of thinking Beings battle for correction In facilities As others rights Squander In the quelling of dissent Fighting fear Is dear To the hearts of trendsetters Setting the standard For the new age New way of thinking Off to Walden’s Lake For the Great Disappearance Dissing appearance For the sake of absence As absentmindedness Watches from afar Don’t worry I’ll return with enough Civil disobedience The laws will have to change In our honor
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 6:05 PM UTC
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