Oh
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to be
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not anyone
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gone
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this maze of being
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skin
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oh
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to cry
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not any cry
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so mournful that
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the dove just laughs
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the steadfast gasps
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oh
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to owe
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not anyone
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nothing
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to be
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not here
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but here
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forsaking
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equatorial bliss
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who walked through
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the callow mist
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dressed in scraps
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who walked
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the curve of the world
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whose bone scraped
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whose flesh unfurled
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who grieves not
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anyone gone
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to greet lame
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the inspired sky
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amazed to stumble
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where gods get lost
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beneath
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the southern cross
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Beneath The Southern Cross
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| Patti Smith |
