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Three cheers to a man who threw off his shackles Key turned by cancer door slammed by his wife An eleventh hour primal urge stirring A man had decided to reclaim his life He did what he did to provide for his family More than that he did it for pride Given we know what before the fall goeth Of his ruinous end we should be not surprised Society thought that he was a weakling He would admit he went through life afraid Until the day when the straw broke the camel And now we sing of the stand that he made Who would have thought someone so mild mannered Would put a bullet in a rival's head Some would take issue with how he did business Mostly though those people are dead He died alone in a pool of irony He'd tell you his decisions were bad When the world tries to strip a man of his dignity It's hard to conceive of a choice to be had March 18, 2017