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Created on: April 17, 2008
Is It Really A Garage
They call it a garage and it looks like one
only from the outside, for within it is a
cluttered mess, with bikes and bird seed, car seats,
and the powered treadmill still in the box, what a joke
A whole life of accumulation in a one car garage, adding
up more and more each day
Knowing it will take forever and a day, I put it off
The reality of making it become what it is supposed to be
Oh well, I have more than one car anyway
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