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My grandfather built a canoe when I was young A handmade wooden canoe A canoe thats never been used He built that old canoe in an end of life crisis A crisis brought on by quitting smoking Now he lives in a home for people just like him People who don't know they're in a home And now he remembers that old canoe But he doesn't know my name How many people are jealous of canoes And now I have to wonder if he made the wrong choice The choice he made when he quit smoking Because I would rather die of rotting lungs Than live on while my brain rots
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Oct 6, 2014
Oct 6, 2014 at 1:37 AM UTC
That Old Canoe
My grandfather built a canoe when I was young A handmade wooden canoe A canoe thats never been used He built that old canoe in an end of life crisis A crisis brought on by quitting smoking Now he lives in a home for people just like him People who don't know they're in a home And now he remembers that old canoe But he doesn't know my name How many people are jealous of canoes And now I have to wonder if he made the wrong choice The choice he made when he quit smoking Because I would rather die of rotting lungs Than live on while my brain rots
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Oct 6, 2014
Oct 6, 2014 at 1:37 AM UTC
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