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The Institution


I’ve tasted your wine let it numb my lips intoxicate my Reason And as any other Poison I’ve expelled you from my body Grown to repulsion not to distaste but to bitter restraint You call it order But what authority pegged You the qualified to tamper with My mind taint My purest birth So leave I’ve tasted your wine and I resent it
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