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They weren't there when I grazed my knees,

They couldn't care if I sang out of glee,

They wouldn't share my good deeds,

And they sure as hell don't act like I'm free

I asked a few times if they needed me,

I'm over that, I even joined the rat-race,

They wonder if I'm doing the right thing,

It's whose job to judge art?

For the world to freeze in one day

I wonder what, come what may -

they'll make of the artists and singers, poets and all else with a decent heart

Saharan dust fell yesterday and I saw the stuff in the air at my front door

Today I missed the rain,

But tomorrow I'll rise again

But because there's nobody screaming in my ear - I'll move it anyway,

Try me

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