like once

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like a dream once
dreamt

like a sailor once
sailed

like the heart once attached
you ripped it in half

like a paper once
crushed

like a gun once fired
you took my heart because it was up for hire

but how could you?

you knew i knew no better

because like that dream once dreamt

and the sailor once sailed

and the paper once crushed

and the gun once fired

i forgot you were still a lair

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