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Must Your Gratitude Be A Knife?

On top of my labour

In the farmyard

I often proffer you

Milk, cheese, manure and hide

To render grand

Your life,

Then how come

You express

Your gratitude

With a knife?

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Written by

alem-hailu-gkristos

Published: Feb 3, 2016
LinesWords: 1032

Notes: A punitive measure may await one while expecting a reward.
Like an ox or a cow.which in a developing country are used for ploughing purpose
Tags: #gratitude #ironic #ingratitude

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