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Created on: September 25, 2009 Last Updated: March 27, 2010
'Til Death Do Us
Breakfast lies down in my stomach
Our kitchen is so tiny, today
We dance around each other - ships in harbor
I shrink, giving you space
You want all the space in the world
Anger boils like old coffee on low
I can't change everything you wanted
People have minds of their own, you see
Or maybe you don't
I'm here, and not the leaving kind
Time will see or not see
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