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Poem of the day – A Song Of Suicide by Robert Service

April 5, 2012Frédérick Leave a comment

Deeming that I were better dead,How shall I kill myself? I said.Thus mooning by the river SeineI sought extinction without pain,When on a bridge I saw a flashOf lingerie and heard a splash . . .So as I am a swimmer stoutI plunged and pulled the poor wretch out. The female that I saved? Ah … Continued

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