VIII. The Selfish Man190Please respect copyright.PENANAN9vEev8moO
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he’s idealistic and enchanted190Please respect copyright.PENANAJXcWEIyuF2
with immobile decor190Please respect copyright.PENANAXmhQlNqr9A
he handles authority190Please respect copyright.PENANAq8zLdOGLxe
when he’d dead as a door190Please respect copyright.PENANAPvCxnEUdTp
with individual authority190Please respect copyright.PENANAXcOoI7mMxk
he’ll bribe it for score190Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y7tODgUDY
because he craves his adulthood190Please respect copyright.PENANA7ptofZdWoE
but acts like a chore190Please respect copyright.PENANA0QItU7JvfT
to all those he’s knowing190Please respect copyright.PENANAYnZcJlUAQm
he wears a face of toughness190Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ0ZAtwNA3
but his blue eyes are rimmed190Please respect copyright.PENANABHoeSmt4ZM
with dark hues of sadness190Please respect copyright.PENANAVlfJuqloxJ
and they’re salty190Please respect copyright.PENANAasHtm5H8Ze
like his body190Please respect copyright.PENANALYLlkn1473
and white where he spits190Please respect copyright.PENANAC34hvaneat
because his mouth tastes like metal190Please respect copyright.PENANAJucoJGOAo9
from the silver spoons he’s had with bullshit190Please respect copyright.PENANAn2cbZEom0j
that have set him up for failure190Please respect copyright.PENANAFBL4czqODQ
for gratification and for trust190Please respect copyright.PENANAUeLNxmrgC0
which he searches for, sadly190Please respect copyright.PENANAcScWZecl0t
and weeps for refuseless190Please respect copyright.PENANA43U0lBrl2U
inside of himself190Please respect copyright.PENANAgliOR8pYtE
he has no feeling190Please respect copyright.PENANAodWBP1E7o8
his limbs are hollow190Please respect copyright.PENANANQbfBwpruw
and he struggles with healing190Please respect copyright.PENANArk66waJrHW
his weaknesses ache against the force he creates190Please respect copyright.PENANAMt6ffwEy82
he is despondent and panicked and lost190Please respect copyright.PENANAZG7csnGahJ
he is skint and unrecognizable190Please respect copyright.PENANAkuilzbR58U
his blue eyes are gone now190Please respect copyright.PENANAdQFG6FLipo
and his limitlessness is over190Please respect copyright.PENANAkkm7n003GS
he acts as though he owns the whole world190Please respect copyright.PENANAdVKfVn4Xsh
but he owns nothing and no one190Please respect copyright.PENANAXwDYND1eIe
and he never follows his heart190Please respect copyright.PENANAOMygWJYlsR
or his head and190Please respect copyright.PENANAS9k6SWnlvM
his future seems irrelevant190Please respect copyright.PENANAXprLmYbX9W
so he’ll try to heal his wounds with some poison190Please respect copyright.PENANAnOR4R8Kn8z
but all it does it keep him up at night190Please respect copyright.PENANASTFzlqZoSN
to let his mind stray and wander190Please respect copyright.PENANABzgW6jda9a
where he won’t end his suffering190Please respect copyright.PENANA9dbopklIkC
and he has no self control190Please respect copyright.PENANAhCECnKZe85
so he caters to his addictions190Please respect copyright.PENANA4lVu5BUQ30
and he won’t let them go190Please respect copyright.PENANAJ85t0ZtpAH
he only sees his desires190Please respect copyright.PENANAGXHdZF4Sxn
so he doesn’t work for play190Please respect copyright.PENANAEkcIqwFsCH
and drinks to be happy190Please respect copyright.PENANA2bjzc4f2Fy
and smokes to feel sane190Please respect copyright.PENANAyVnSADHhBZ
even though he does nothing190Please respect copyright.PENANA6J7FeVeTUN
for other people's money190Please respect copyright.PENANA4OxND2vj3b
like stealing and begging190Please respect copyright.PENANAk0VuKwHnBT
he is rude to his peers190Please respect copyright.PENANAi0gTkcvupV
and he is rude to his elders190Please respect copyright.PENANALBqcTYQQV7
he has no respect for his mother190Please respect copyright.PENANAaFtAEEHig0
but his father’s a yeller190Please respect copyright.PENANALILV5wP4Bj
he has horrible social skills190Please respect copyright.PENANAHrS3ol3XwB
and never speaks correctly.190Please respect copyright.PENANANrNyXXtVDl
he is a know-it-all190Please respect copyright.PENANAzajHlMc2YU
when really he knows nothing already190Please respect copyright.PENANAsidnl1bbub
but it wouldn’t matter because190Please respect copyright.PENANAAEOwLN9pxE
he wouldn’t know how to share190Please respect copyright.PENANAAAvLrkfiFP
when he’s soft190Please respect copyright.PENANA8QCwNRZ9cj
he wants to be hard190Please respect copyright.PENANAc6lzZcAi2H
when he’s short190Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ol35hoStq
he wants to be dead190Please respect copyright.PENANAmY0h7GWLIV
he doesn’t know how to be more190Please respect copyright.PENANAMc1FpzWksF
because he cleans himself with dirt190Please respect copyright.PENANATwNhV0NthX
and pleasures himself all day therefore190Please respect copyright.PENANAgQicFFAOkU
he questions his reality190Please respect copyright.PENANASlnHhCCb9E
and indulges being lost190Please respect copyright.PENANADOvrBY3Aj0
he spends most of his days in bed190Please respect copyright.PENANAheFO3wEIbp
and condescends humanity’s loss190Please respect copyright.PENANAsRGSeWiD4G
yet he sickens himself190Please respect copyright.PENANA4Sv2rczPsB
because he lives by himself190Please respect copyright.PENANAMri8nHq887
in his own time190Please respect copyright.PENANAuzN9P4VI0Z
in his own rules190Please respect copyright.PENANA2ROGCp1jio
and he feels he’s better off dead190Please respect copyright.PENANAYfxTwJ2xb5
he is the center of the Universe190Please respect copyright.PENANAWwLMT8KrLb
He is human190Please respect copyright.PENANA86Z2VNJOuv
but he has no worth190Please respect copyright.PENANAOtdDboWlwS
he is a coward190Please respect copyright.PENANAoDoSI609Vw
and he is ill190Please respect copyright.PENANA1jA0tCce07
he is selfish190Please respect copyright.PENANA9gvKUTQYBs
and he always will190Please respect copyright.PENANAq8LxCG5tnw
be a bedridden illness190Please respect copyright.PENANA6OlzR25FRA
whose lost all his hope190Please respect copyright.PENANAmstBXuZLwt
so with melancholy cries190Please respect copyright.PENANAXDWb8yVr58
his neck will tie with rope190Please respect copyright.PENANAli5oYXqL2l
and he’ll find himself strung190Please respect copyright.PENANAVu2KSlLUKx
for an hour or four190Please respect copyright.PENANArAiuD1pGXK
overcome with his ego190Please respect copyright.PENANA5RY7eHXcUJ
he’s dead190Please respect copyright.PENANADwheNQA2Af
he’s no more190Please respect copyright.PENANAlI3tL75rA4
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