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To Be Perfect
Beautiful 
 is just a word 
 and so are 
 Love 
 and 
 Perfection 
 but with six billion voices 
 the words become longer 
 get stuck in your throat 
 with six billion opinions 
 the world spins faster 
 or slower 
 but only listens to the people 
 complicate them 
 and suddenly 
 the words are out of reach it seems 
 pushed away by six billion voices 
 all shouting 
 grabbing 
 pushing shoving 
 life's a contest 
 a never-ending struggle 
 for the words we built up 
 to be heroes 
 to be famous 
 to be perfect 
 but if we all just shut up 
 for a few seconds 
 we might hear the words 
 like it's the first time.
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