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Jan 28, 2009
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Formal Affair
Stone dead
The body lays bare
As the flies
Are drawing near
The stench came by
Horrible and gross
It's the death
The mortician
Loves the most
This body was living
No kiss good-bye
And now it’s dead
A family will cry
A farewell to you
As you go down
Death chose you
A way to drown
— Shadowteller, Jan 28, 2009
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