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Skirting The Downside


Everybody

wants to go

to Heaven

(but)

Nobody

wants

to die

 

Everybody

want to change

the truth

(but)

Nobody

wants

to lie

 

Everybody

wants to bend

 the law

(but)

Nobody

wants

to get caught

 

Everybody

wants to fall

in love

(but)

Nobody

wants  

— pain and loss

 

(The New Room: August, 2025)

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