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father Brian

is confusing leather for smoke

and smoke for deer

so we pass him off

say he’s too far to call

and when the ship sinks

we never knew him at all.

But I tried.

I tried.

we’re tying each other

to the mast

oh brother

oh no

I remove my skull and say

what a pity this is

what a pity

and it can’t

be fixed

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