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ODE TO MYSELF
I WAS BORN WITHOUT MY PERMISSION
NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD JUST SUBMISSION
SO I STARTED TO GROW AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW
MY CHILDHOOD WENT INTO REMISSION;

SOON I GATHERED BOTH WEIGHT AND HEIGHT
I LEARNED I COULD SWITCH ON THE LIGHT
I COULD COOK MY OWN MEALS,EVEN WEAR MOMS HIGH HEELS
THOUGH SOME SAID IT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT;

SO INTO MY TEENS I  COLLIDED
IN NO ONE MY FEELINGS  CONFIDED
I GREW FAST AND LEAN, AN EATING MACHINE
TO WHICH MY GROCER DELIGHTED;

NOW INTO THE MIDLIFE I'VE LANDED
DOING WELL WITH THE KNOWLEDGE I'M HANDED
IF I LISTEN AND DO WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU
ARE THEY RIGHT,OR JUST UNDERHANDED!;

AND NOW THAT THE FUTURE 'S AT HAND
LIFE IS FLOWING LIKE GRAINS OF SAND
SO WHY SHOULD I WORRY,I'M NOT IN A HURRY
SO FAR LIFE HAS BEEN GRAND:
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