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Realism

I only rhyme things I can see, Facts irrefutably true Like the elves in the shade of a lollipop tree, And fairies of green and blue. To “civilization” I’m blind: Cities and factory smoke Are scenarios out of a lunatic’s mind, And “progress” and “peace” the last joke.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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