What Does It Matter To You?
I never win,
I always lose.
Over and over again,
Battered and bruised.
What does it matter to you?
I ask all of you.
To laugh at a fool,
My day's half as they knew.
How bastard of you to master it too.
I practice and lose.
And you and you,
Well you few refuse to be cool.
Are you new at it too?
Do you pursue and trip over your shoes?
Well, quit!
They must have a gift to do what they do.
With that attitude you'll never win and you'll always lose.
Battered and bruised so they laugh at you too.
I ask all of you,
What does it matter to you?
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Submitted on November 23, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Words | 114 |
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| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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