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The custard is setting; meanwhile
I not only have my own history to worry about
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When the storm rattles my windowpane
I'll stay hunched at my desk, it will roar in vain
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I am not offended that these creatures (that's the word)
Of my imagination seem to hold me in such light esteem,
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In time even the rocks will grow. And if you have curled and dandled
Your innocence once too often, what attitude isn't then
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Then let yourself love all that you take delight in
Accept yourself whole, accept the heritage
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And the truth becomes a hole, something one has always known,
A heaviness in the trees, and no one can say
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I am cozily ensconced in the balcony of my face
Looking out over the whole darn countryside, a beacon of satisfaction
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The sands are frantic
In the hourglass. But there is time
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If you need a certain vitality you can only supply it yourself, or there comes a point, anyway, when no one's actions but your own ...
I am the wound and the knife!
I am the slap and the cheek!
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