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Doppelgangers

When we're born And until we perish Ideas we've worn Things we relish Seem to live on Despite our broken bodies Daughters and sons Sacrificed, we're follies With that said We all get a piece Heads and hearts of lead Holes in moldy brain-cheese No one is afforded A true way through Everyone is sorted And it really is true Family's with money Fall and suffer from lack of love And family's with none Shiver in the cold through group-hugs Healthy people, sick ones All suffer fates they'd choose not to Church steeples, Satanic cults Deceive and feign the truth Ups and downs Lows and highs Smiles and frowns Laughs and cries One and the other Living in harmony Sisters and brothers Who tolerate each other Because they know Whether high or low They'd drown in the undertow If their doppelganger didn't show
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john-vd
28 / M / American
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Written by
john-vd
28 / M / American
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Aug 30, 2014
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