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I Wear a Way out Everyday

Maroon sneakers
I’ll pass forever
Heavy textbooks
acted so clever
Wait for the green
Pretend breathing
Check your pulse
—tick, tock,
Constellation no more
For the galaxy is
Merely a shelter
But not a home
Tick, tock,
Time is out
Got ticket and passport
Money and socks
Do not grin—
while sobbing
Kick the grass
and leap

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  1. I just realize that this might be a 'sayonara no junbi wa mou dekiteita' me version

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