“Drip of a drop,Don't name it a tear,It's hard to cry with tears,harder without,To smother a sob without a sound,to bite your forefinger in helplessness,and cry out Hey! Where's the pillI can take to cure this?What's the doctor's name?What operation can save me?”

Piri Thomas

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