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How
short is short?
How
tall is
tall?
How
big is big?
How
small is small?
How
fat’s a pig
How
cute’s a doll
How
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Whether
husband or wife I don’t wish you strife, your feelings I don’t
wish to spoil
But
throughout life, infidelities are rife and an..
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A
selfish pact, deceit in fact is a cowardly act
Strand
by strand it weaves a band that entangles foot and hand
With
each lie, the harder I try, ..
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In
a fitful fight I spent the night
All
my dreams stolen
Another
day come, all is done
Body
tired, thoughts bruised and swollen
Kidnapped
an..
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Full of sloth
and no shame
Gullible as a
moth drawn to a flame
Having forgot
what a high price we paid
That liberty
was bought and now does fad..
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More
precious than one’s own health, happiness or life
Ever
forgiving the key to peace overcoming all strife
Unconditional,
nonjudgmental, ..
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A translation of a song by Teddy Viera and Nelson Gomes from Portuguese
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The
dust of age lays on our souls
a
crumbling page, dying coals
An
ashened ember glows and dies
an
image remembered in our eyes
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Sharks
don’t bite in the night
my
neighbor said to me
but
he was wrong and didn’t live long
while
fishing out at sea
By
the pale ..
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How like a
death
A word
spoken
When in a
breath
A heart’s
broken
Gone is
the sun
How dark
the night
When you
love one
With whom
y..
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