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Spinning Record of Life
I am a record broken into jagged pieces
 and I refuse to contemplate that
 I can be fixed
 My mistakes keep repeating
 and I don't believe
 The scratches an be healed
 I am not good enough
 I rethink when I tell myself that
 I am beautiful and strong
 I try too hard to yearn for perfection.
 but my mind now realizes
 I will always have faults and flaws.
 I am shattered.
 Never will anybody say
 They want to listen to me.
 I will be replaced with an innovative record
 and I'd be a fool to say
 My broken pieces will be treasured like platinum
 I am strong inside and out.
 That is wrong, the truth is
 Sometimes I think I am ruined.
 I am as worthless as the B side of a 45.
 It is foolish to presume that
 There is hope for me to be patched back together.
 But if you play me in reverse...

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