Live At the Opera

i was young
i was broke
i was cold

cold
young
and broke

i didnt need
to fix my
broken
piggie
bank

short on supplies
i'd exercise by
walking at
night a
round
town

where
there i
saw the
marquee
it could've
been de Sade
but instead was

Mozart

i had
twenty
dollars
for 

groceries and
a ticket for
Don Giovanni
was twenty

i lived
off of
that
opera
for a
long
time
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Lamoureux Avatar
December 29, 2019 at 10:13 AM
I too enjoy eternal flavours.
Connelly Avatar
December 29, 2019 at 10:26 AM
I'm not sure how to respond Richard. This is a true story during my sunken master degree years lol. Thanks, I think???
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