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Being a person is hard because When you want to be bad You have to be good. You have to keep doing What you know that you should. You want to be angry? That stuff ain't allowed You simply must ***** it out You must be quiet- and anger is loud. Being a person is hard because When you need to be alone People need you to be theirs. And then suddenly you don't matter Your life is consumed by their cares. You want to have feelings? Oh, we don't like those here. We frown upon sadness We don't accept fear. Humankind sings the songs of freedom And "goodwill to all men" too But we help you forget that "all men" Also means being good to you. Being a person is theoretically easy It's the strings attached that make it hard But the strings- they tie you down and then Like glass, they break you to a single shard.
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Aug 16, 2018
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:59 AM UTC
Being a Person is Hard
Being a person is hard because When you want to be bad You have to be good. You have to keep doing What you know that you should. You want to be angry? That stuff ain't allowed You simply must ***** it out You must be quiet- and anger is loud. Being a person is hard because When you need to be alone People need you to be theirs. And then suddenly you don't matter Your life is consumed by their cares. You want to have feelings? Oh, we don't like those here. We frown upon sadness We don't accept fear. Humankind sings the songs of freedom And "goodwill to all men" too But we help you forget that "all men" Also means being good to you. Being a person is theoretically easy It's the strings attached that make it hard But the strings- they tie you down and then Like glass, they break you to a single shard.
erwood
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18/F/USA
Aug 16, 2018
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:59 AM UTC
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