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The drowning man

Larry Lowry 1959 (Pryor)

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The drowning man is always afraid he squims around not undetstanding youre in the middle of the ocean.   He screams he rolls around if another human was in the distance he would grab no matter youre going to drown them too. When we are afraid like the drowning man we struggle and have no sense. We are worse than a baby crying for mama. We are drowning we must find sense before we fall to the dark ocean never to be seen in the light. The drowing man is all of us can anyone send us a life preserver?

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Submitted by Lowlarr on June 22, 2021

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Characters 502
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