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Created on: July 19, 2011
You'll be the death of me yet,
I often screamed to my unruly kids,
Go to your rooms, finish your homework,
They came back crying,
Arms open wide,
"Daddy, we don't want you to die,"
It's a figure of speech, I said,
Now it's time to tuck you in bed.
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