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---- I once prayed to Santa/ Asking for a He-Man/ Or maybe a Ninja Turtle/ Whatever; I didn’t get it/ A few years later/ I cried on Christmas Day/ Life was unfair, and/ That was my Awakening.../ Woke up that morning/ And got myself a toy gun/ The pointblank of no return/ Turning it on my selfish./
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---- I once prayed to Santa/ Asking for a He-Man/ Or maybe a Ninja Turtle/ Whatever; I didn’t get it/ A few years later/ I cried on Christmas Day/ Life was unfair, and/ That was my Awakening.../ Woke up that morning/ And got myself a toy gun/ The pointblank of no return/ Turning it on my selfish./
_______________________________ A.J. Farruco, 23/09/2015
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Jan 25, 2026 at 8:41 PM UTC
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