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Coffin-Sleepers


To the man who goes back to his boring life

And sleeps in the bed with his boring wife

Nobody"ll dare try to  tell you,

That you worked so hard but not hard enough to...

Enjoy this life and what occurs often,

Until you are there, asleep in your coffin.

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High school student trying to pay for college.... strong desire for poetry and spoken word

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