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Dilemma

Dilemma

I’m living two lives
and that is my dilemma;
I’ve one life to live.
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Note:
   Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was a famous Irish poet, novelist, and playwright who was arrested for “gross indecency” on April 6, 1895, and was convicted of “sodomy,” for which he served two years hard labour (1895–1897) at Newgate Prison in London, England.
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