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Gold Toothed Deception

Before I die I want a mouth filled with gold teeth. So, when they excavate me after a thousand years. They'll think I was royalty-maybe even a king- To fool an archeologist (grave robber) I think is a noble thing. Good kings should be buried like the common man. No monuments or pomp-- Purple garments or crowns. Just a simple pine box in the cold-cold ground-

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Date: 2/10/2019 11:41:00 AM
Anthony, this is hilarious. They will have a hard time finding any teeth in me when I am gone. I am losing them fast. "Good kings should be buried like the common man..." I like that part!
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