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July 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Philosophy of the World

(after The Shaggs)

The rich people want what
the poor people have got

The cold people find a new
warmth to hold

The people I was when I was
so young are not the people

I’m trying to be as I get old,
but it’s hard sometimes

It’s hard sometimes. You try
to keep in time, but you like

to colour outside the lines.
It’s just more fun. And you

don’t know you’re wrong
until someone comes along

and tells you so. What makes
them right? We’ll never know.

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