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Nothing Up My Sleeve

It's been hard to get this far Harder to explain How I've made it all this way With nothing up my sleeve No slight of hand or magic On which to fall back on Only these two left feet To keep me traveling on To stay a-light in mid-flight Is a feat all by itself Clinging tight to razor wire Through the hoops of fire, I'm dealt In my defense, if I could swim I would dive in deep But as it is through all of this There's nothing up my sleeve If I knew the sum when I signed up I might have saved for a rainy day But this downpour has drenched me to the core Still, I somehow make my way It's time I suppose the saying goes Finder's keeper's losers weep And you will find that I ain't lying When I say there's still nothing up my sleeve

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Date: 11/1/2018 7:42:00 PM
A fun and delightful poem, Mike.
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