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You were rough and cold But you licked my wounds dry Never once I walked away But you still said goodbye If you needed something Only then would you try When there was something I needed You said in reply "I'll get it tomorrow! Promise!" Or "Without it, you won't die." You shamed my questions So I stopped asking why But it turns out That night When I made you A grown man Cry I knew I'd won So I said back What you'd so many times said to me "Lay down Die."
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Sean Cold
"Don't tell people that! I'm not that f-ing bad, you b#### baby!" —Dad

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