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It's not natural. If I can't smell it, It ain't, So don't tell me It's as natural as birth. You've seen the roadkill, Deer missing the most natural of parts, Lying in the strangest contortions; Heard the bird Breaking its neck on a window; Then there's the gaping mouth, Eyes staring most unnaturally. To be burned and urned And feel nothing. Having a steak and beer Is natural; Sitting in sound at a McCartney concert Is supernatural. Expensive, but sensient. But it, It's most unnatural.
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 8:30 PM UTC
It
It's not natural. If I can't smell it, It ain't, So don't tell me It's as natural as birth. You've seen the roadkill, Deer missing the most natural of parts, Lying in the strangest contortions; Heard the bird Breaking its neck on a window; Then there's the gaping mouth, Eyes staring most unnaturally. To be burned and urned And feel nothing. Having a steak and beer Is natural; Sitting in sound at a McCartney concert Is supernatural. Expensive, but sensient. But it, It's most unnatural.
Tip of the cap to Tolstoy for "It" (The Death of Ivan Ilych)
francie-lynch
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 8:30 PM UTC
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