id take thuh tome

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                             five        or
                                  uv'em
                       one monochrome
                                    pic

                                   thuh
                                    vid
  
                         close        eyne
                                   your
                           and wishper
                              su         de
                                nombre
                                   ella 

                                   para niñas
                                   su          de
                                     nombre
                                          èl  

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* when 'tome' was first used in english 
it referred to a book that was part of a 
larger multi-volume work 
it comes from thuh werd tomos a greek
noun meaning “section” or “roll of papyrus” 
merrium-webster*
who luvz yuh  
            ,)
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