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FallingAsleepTonight

Published: Apr 4, 2012

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We were both born, we met
each other and it was
pleasant; more than pleasant.
We fell in love, got married, stayed together,
started a family and it was
lovely; more than lovely.
We went back to school,
moved around, got old,
retired, and eventually died
in our sleep.

But for such a deadpan remembrance
of our lives, there was
so much
love love love,
there was
so much, and I...

And I always
wake up, and you are not there.

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