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Swallowing Ash

June 30, 2013
By LilJaybird GOLD, Andalusia, Illinois
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And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed 98 and 3/4 guaranteed

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Have a cup
Have a few more
We're swallowing a gin
And then out the door

Some do it to remember
Some to forget
But i haven't it as bad
As the one who cries yet

The crier ask for water
"Just water why?"
Because when you swallow ashes
Your mouth is awful dry

© Haley L., Anchorage, AK

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