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up the down staircase running in circles chasing my tail rerunning another episode of groundhog day trying to skim on the water without a sail constantly getting in my own way reaching for the stars without any arms singing the blues to a house of the dead searching for the clock in a room full of alarms should be slamming the door closed instead out of breath climbing the staircase with no end when the only way that it goes is down keeping my eyes closed trying to pretend wearing the mask and the tears of a clown the odds of completion like Custer's last stand trying to understand the reason of risk and reward counting the good things with only one hand playing solitaire with a deck missing one card Gomer LePoet ....
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011 at 11:23 PM UTC
up the down staircase
up the down staircase running in circles chasing my tail rerunning another episode of groundhog day trying to skim on the water without a sail constantly getting in my own way reaching for the stars without any arms singing the blues to a house of the dead searching for the clock in a room full of alarms should be slamming the door closed instead out of breath climbing the staircase with no end when the only way that it goes is down keeping my eyes closed trying to pretend wearing the mask and the tears of a clown the odds of completion like Custer's last stand trying to understand the reason of risk and reward counting the good things with only one hand playing solitaire with a deck missing one card Gomer LePoet ....
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011 at 11:23 PM UTC
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