When you're way down in the "dumps"
and burdened with despair;
can you define the "lumps and bumps"
of things that got you there?
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Are you for sure in certainty
just where to place the blame?
Will you decree for clarity
it's you, you have to name?
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'Twas either you or something elsethat makes your face so long,
so clean the shelf within yourself
will clear up what went wrong!
One needs to put his life on trial,
his own self be his judge,
and see his style without beguile,
to do away the grudge.
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For if indeed someone cast "stones"
and broke your heart instead...
"it's sticks and stones that break the bones"
and words should never tread.
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William E. Hardison (c)