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Dear World, Thank You For All The Laughs
Dear World,
thank you for all the laughs
you threw at me
behind my back
The wicked names
were hollered loud,
yet in secret,
my dreams to drown
My purest words
you dared shut out,
my kindest acts
killed with your shouts,
your scoffs and scorns
to bury deep
Pleading concerns
to shame, defeat
Dear World,
much thanks
for soaking me
and setting fire
to the gasoline
You mocked me as
I burned to ash
Dear World, I must thank you
for that
Ignorant World, foolish and blind
and growing worse with length of time
Little did you comprehend
that your foal deeds sent me
to heaven
So as I smile at my hard past
Dear World, thank you for all
the laughs
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