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Sermons, Soliloquys, are an awful Bore!

Since we don’t know why we are here
Let’s do what the the Heaven we like,

Let’s Think Again

Impatience they say, now holds sway
Impatience will bring forth gains,

I C B M's

You see, I C B M’s, as the much-touted
 

One Man, One Woman, That is All

When life’s no more than each breath we take,
Than the days and nights that we call the past,

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