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With Sparkles and Pretty Things

By daliheldthehandofg0d

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

you shouldn’t be afraidyou shouldn’t look awayfrom me wearing this mask that I’ve madewith sparkles and pretty thingsand eyes for you, see?you shouldn’t be afraidyou shouldn’t talk that wayyou shouldn’t start to saythat we have, we’ve started to fadesticks and stones might break my bonesbut words never haveyou shouldn’t talk that wayyou shouldn’t be out todayyou shouldn’t be, just stayI’ll make us lunch with lemonadethere’s traffic jams and policeits cold, anywayyou shouldn’t be out todayyou shouldn’t move awayyou shouldn’t move, OK?we’ll live right here, move in this Maywith sparkles and pretty thingsand eyes for you, see?you shouldn’t move awayGBE © on Oct 29 2001 01:14 PM PST   10 • 0 • 1

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"you shouldn’t be afraidyou shouldn’t look awayfrom me wearing this mask that I’ve madewith sparkles and pretty thingsand eyes for you, see?you shouldn’t be afraidyou shouldn’t talk that wayyou shouldn’t start to saythat we have, we’ve started to fadesticks and stones might break my bonesbut words never haveyou shouldn’t talk that wayyou shouldn’t be out todayyou shouldn’t be, just stayI’ll make us lunch with lemonadethere’s traffic jams and policeits cold, anywayyou shouldn’t be out todayyou shouldn’t move awayyou shouldn’t move, OK?we’ll live right here, move in this Maywith sparkles and pretty thingsand eyes for you, see?you shouldn’t move awayGBE © on Oct 29 2001 01:14 PM PST   10 • 0 • 1..."

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