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The Pearl
Hello, peace snatcher
A minefield for my feelings
Playboy, a champion
Blowing the money he got and also the money he don’t
He’s so charming, star of unreason
A mirage, Olympic gold medal for biggest jerk
You get the podium for greatest disappointment
The hometown letdown, national heartbreaker
An emotional terrorist, the biggest disaster under the sun
He’s a pearl, no one trusts him
He’s a pearl, one to be right careful with
The king of dirty tricks, doesn’t know what it’s like to pay taxes
He thinks the world shines out his butt
And then afterwards, what else can he give?
You wind up going to therapy, going to the analyst, and also the psychiatrist
But what good is that if you just lie more than you speak?
They’ll make ya a monument to dishonesty
I don’t pity you—whoever stays with you gets drained
Always inviting himself, lives in others’ homes if he can
A walking red flag, tremendous disaster
He’ll say it wasn’t him, it was his doppelgänger
(Well, of course, not referring to him as an icon)
(Would be, for him, a reductionist narrative, ya know?)
Never loan him anything, he’ll never return it
Being a lost bullet is his specialty
Loyalty and faithfulness
Are a language he doesn’t latch onto
His masterpiece, his collection of bras
If you ask him for help, he’ll disappear into thin air
The hometown letdown, national heartbreaker
An emotional terrorist, the biggest disaster under the sun
He’s a pearl, no one trusts him
He’s a pearl, one to be right careful with
Elian E.
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Russia is waging a disgraceful war on Ukraine. Stand With Ukraine!
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