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Efil Carbon Catastrophe

What is this people say life I call it trouble and strife Freddie said he sometimes wishes he had never been born I wish it every day I will walk the road I have been given Although I would love to take a shortcut This is not really living I don't want to be constantly forgiven Although I love the look and majesty of the great oak And all the other forest folk My life has been one big joke But no one seems to be laughing Mostly it's been raining with the odd ray of light Then I am lost out of sight This body is draining A woman I loved said I was poison she wished she never loved me I have never found the antidote I don't think it exists I am a hanging drenched coat with holes in my pockets I wish I could find it How could I have closed the legs that opened to regurgitate this pitiful example Of life How I wish I could have twisted the cord and killed it in the womb Now I have to endure this darkened tomb With the odd ray of light taunting me and teasing That life can be sunshine I was born with an umbrella Did no one think it strange Shouldn't it have been left to starve Yes another wasted life trouble and strife A drain on mother's resources A carbon catastrophe A short circuit to the everlasting energy of creation Please let reincarnation be a lie Yes I open my arms.

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