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Grain

The waves of life roll on the shore,

Grains multiply—each wave brings more.

Our beach grows deep with every grain—

The ones of joy, the ones of pain.

Worth

Azure treasures, heavy laden

Guarded by a sweet mermaiden

Underneath a coral reef

Come and sacrifice your grief

It is worth a gold doubloon

To give up mourning after noon

It feels so good to stoke the pain

Embers there inside your brain

Are you willing to deny it?

If you are, the sea will buy it.

Seal it in a Mason jar

Now throw it high

And just as far

As mortal man can fling his woes

To places only Neptune knows.

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