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After the Apocalypse, Please Water My Plant

This morning I looked up at the sky and it was abruptly rent in twain So I casually watered my new bonsai and cast away all my pointless frets I sat back in my seat and lit a cigarette I sang a hymn and hummed its refrain I felt like a dangling marionette And all at once, life was simplified

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Date: 12/21/2016 5:15:00 PM
Congrats on a your win Trey
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Date: 11/12/2016 10:52:00 PM
Very simplified, great little poem! I'll water your plant, but I doubt if I will live long enough to :)
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Trey Hamner
Date: 11/13/2016 3:41:00 AM
Hah! Thanks.

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