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The Day I Died Is Better Than the Day I Was Born

THE DAY I DIED IS BETTER THAN THE DAY I WAS BORN THE DAY I DIED IS BETTER THAN THE DAY I WAS BORN THE DAY I DIED BROUGHT ME COMPANY FAMILY FRIENDS AND EVEN STRANGERS BUT THE DAY I WAS BORN BROUGHT ME ONLY MY MOTHER AND THE DOCTOR THE DAY I DIED BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM EVERY DIRECTION PEOPLE WHO HAD YEARS AND YEARS WITHOUT MEETING IT BROUGHT THEM SMILES HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER FOR THEM ONLY CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE OF MY DEATH THE DAY I DIED IS BETTER THAN THE DAY I WAS BORN FLOWERS WERE GIVEN TO MY CORPSE SPEECHES AND TALKS WERE MADE ABOUT THE DEAD ME CRIES AND MOURNS WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE I WAS DEAD CRIES OR NO CRIES I HEARD NOTHING I WAS IN A BOX WAITING TO BE FED TO THE SOIL STILL I SAY THE DAY I DIED IS BETTER THAN THE DAY I WAS BORN FOR MANY FACES CAME OVER TO SEE THAT VERY LAST OF ME THAN THE VERY FIRST OF ME WHEN I WAS BORN THE DAY I WAS FED TO THE SOIL IS BETTER THAN THE DAY I BREATHED MY FIRST BREATH

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