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When did we learn to taint and adulterate the most beautiful things in life 
like the birds and the bees
 and a love for the trees
 and a fantasy free of perverted things
?

The moment
 "happily ever after" 
became a joke to you and to me was the moment we turned our back on love
, on truth, 
our self
, and a world worth living in.

We've been longing for a while now to turn around to sing a song for more than the shadow on the wall been longing for a while now to turn around give it up,
and at long last RESPECT ourself.

It is the
 cause 
of the wag of the puppy dog tail, not the mysterious pill
 for sale, 
nor the life on the knees nor the death to please, 
that will release the soul from 
material 
prison.

It is the
 bright little girl 
and the
 just 
little boy 
fast asleep in each other's little arms after a long afternoon of uncorrupted laughter who will teach the world the secrets of living.

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from The Child We Once Were and the Corpse We Shall One Day Be, released July 27, 2017

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