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Vanity

Oh! How great our existence is only a rolling ball, We're birthed to Cry by self at birth or forced to cry. Suck and dependent, Start talking and mingle, Crawl and dependent, Walk by self or force to walk, Dine and eat on parent's bill, Attend schools or go vocational, Graduate and work, Search and date, Wedding introduction and marriage, Or decide to remain single, Enjoy life or otherwise. The stage of total independence. Religious or diabolical, Ruled by greed or selflessness, Give birth or barren, Grow gray and agile or weak, Then several symptoms set in, Get from children or being totally ignored. Back to the total dependence, Suck from the past fruits, Weak and die, That all mourn and cry. Vanity upon vanity All is vanity so says the wise.

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