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I was never an adulterer, I did **** myself over, And ****** alone; But the "A" that keeps sticking Is as prominent as Hester's. I was never an abuser, But I can do a real fine job on myself; And then the guilt sets in, Like a hard-packed snowbank, And I need to get the shovel. That amber-coloured "A" Always leads to the stairs of shame I climb like my cross; Then lie in state Until the resurrection.
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Dec 5, 2015
Dec 5, 2015 at 11:42 AM UTC
Stairs of Shame
I was never an adulterer, I did **** myself over, And ****** alone; But the "A" that keeps sticking Is as prominent as Hester's. I was never an abuser, But I can do a real fine job on myself; And then the guilt sets in, Like a hard-packed snowbank, And I need to get the shovel. That amber-coloured "A" Always leads to the stairs of shame I climb like my cross; Then lie in state Until the resurrection.
Ref: The Scarlet Letter, by Hawthorne.
francie-lynch
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Dec 5, 2015
Dec 5, 2015 at 11:42 AM UTC
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