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Why am I the last straw? One mistake I make Pushes you over the edge I become the target of your revenge. When their walls come crumbling in I'm the one who always wins The title I loathe The one at fault, I'm betrothed I didn't build their walls, Or huff and puff and blow them down. If anything, I stayed around When the wicked wolf came-a-howling But how quickly they forget When it all comes tumbling All the good I had done Dissolves to nothing Reverses itself to harm Convicted of a crime I did not commit Sentenced with no mercy No good deed goes unpunished Perhaps it's true All my good deeds Have always ended with abuse.
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Jan 17, 2013
Jan 17, 2013 at 2:39 AM UTC
Good Deed's Curse
Why am I the last straw? One mistake I make Pushes you over the edge I become the target of your revenge. When their walls come crumbling in I'm the one who always wins The title I loathe The one at fault, I'm betrothed I didn't build their walls, Or huff and puff and blow them down. If anything, I stayed around When the wicked wolf came-a-howling But how quickly they forget When it all comes tumbling All the good I had done Dissolves to nothing Reverses itself to harm Convicted of a crime I did not commit Sentenced with no mercy No good deed goes unpunished Perhaps it's true All my good deeds Have always ended with abuse.
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35/Gender Fluid/American
Jan 17, 2013
Jan 17, 2013 at 2:39 AM UTC
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