youth and vigor--meaningless
	         Oh Baby!
	            Stop.
a live dog is better off 
than a dead lion, n’est ce pas?

	Who are you?
	-you who demand
	entrance into
	the gates of paradise
	-you who beg
	for pardons and grace
	-you who request
	my personal favor.
	Who are you?
		Who?
yoohoo, cuckoo, goddamm!

Yes, it’s getting worse and worse.
What were your expectations?
Happily ever after?
No
Hopes lie between mountain tops.
sir,
you 
don’t
understand.

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