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Check on Me


Check on me

Once in a while

As I choke

On your fake smiles

Take the time

To think of me

Before you speak

Bitter as a lime

To me I proclaim

Another promise

To just myself

Never to show my shame

Can't you spare

A minute or two

To stop yourselves

So I don't puke

It can't be so

You all will say

If I ever do decide

To let myself go cold

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Check on me

 

 

 

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