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Wish Upon a Star

I wish upon a star A happy, big, fat, stupid star You and your momma's favorite star Everybody everywhere gets every silly mindless infantile thing they most desperately crave and desire I am Immanuel Kant I am compelled to tell the truth Even if we're all insane I feel I must tell the truth We live in a gimme- gimme goo-goo world and its impossible to stop wanting for all things under Heaven ( and a few things just above Hell) Try not to try; try not to feel, anything at all if only for the next 5 minutes- I dare you So in resignation, I resolve myself to the tragic Suffering in us all Condemned to be free, to choose, one or the other The who, what, where, when, why, and how And to be a prisoner to those choices, not really free at all So I wish upon a star A bright and lovely stupid star and hope you get everything you have coming to you

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