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Swim For Life

They are throwing everything at me to compensate for their broken dreams; they are throwing everything at me and have signed a revengeful decree. They have gathered at the gate to take away the old woman’s Slate but some things are not for sale when you hold on to your faith. The eminent domain deal has fallen through the roof, they have lost the deposit to the grand labor market and all the deceptive people that were planning to evict the weak and vulnerable were given a terrible blow and fell off the show. There revengeful plan was met by a stronger man a victory was all you need to get them out of the stream. They are reaping what they did not sow and destroying what they cannot grow but time is the master of the great reservation of the woman that was forced to sign a deal to get them into the stream. You have got to swim for your life, you have made too much sacrifice, you have got to swim for your life because the stake is too high. You run a marathon or two and they come marching in out of the blue squatting in your bed and taking over your watershed; but destiny would not have it so, it came right in and kick them off the show and so the region was saved from the pepper pot and the sassy people on the bloc. See them way over there, coming on boats with lots of shouts, they are full of pride and the sea is where they abide, they have been out there for many months planning with the sea to roll the ball around and organize the vulnerable town. Some places are vacations spots and you have got to anchor your boat on the rock, the blessing is in the sea and it will not hurt you and me. When the tides are high you have to elevate your boat with a sturdy rope and keep it there until the path is clear, and when the tide is low the fish will guide you on and if the shark should swim by, you must charm it with the blood of the eel and it will not come near you. You have got to swim for your life and get to the other side, you have done your best and heaven will do the rest. You will build a bigger show with a thousand people on the show. You will make your setting in the sea and build a deck to do the broadcast for thee, and when the weather is bad you will do the show from the studio set and project the reporters and anchors from the deck on to the studio set. When you are swimming for life, you have got to prepare for some unusual surprise.

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