Pantoum I  (Rhymes now; repeat lines unchanged)

I took my diamond to the pawn shop
that didn't make it junk@
I didn't get much money for it
that put me in a funk

that didn't make it junk
it wasn't just a shiny bangle
that put me in a funk
our lives were just too tangled

it wasn't just a shiny bangle
easily swapped or traded
our lives were just too tangled
our love became too jaded

easily swapped and traded
yet not so easily dropped
our love became too jaded
I took my diamond to the pawn shop

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Pantoum II (Now longer than two verses; repeat lines unchanged)

I took my diamond to the pawn shop
but that didn't make it junk@
didn't get much for it
value, it seems, had shrunk

but that didn't make it junk
unlike us, it had no flaws
value, it seems had shrunk
there ought to be a law

unlike us, it had no flaws
yet, like us it was a flop
there ought to be a law
this really had to stop

yet, like us it was a flop
all the pretense, all the sop
this really had to stop
I took my diamond to the pawn shop