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Promises


How do promises break

And when do they finish the task

That they started

When you die

When you have a child

How do break a promise

Cut it in half

Karate chop it into pieces

No

This is how

You don’t do what you told the person 

That you would do

And you start it by 

Saying something you would do

For someone or something

That is what promises are

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