If only I could go to Harvard

davidsmith208
May 18, 2018
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Poem:

If only I could go to Harvard I would have them hook up wires to my head then I would plunge into the world of the dead I would sit for as long as six hours listening to the music of the spheres My knees would no longer complain because they would be disconnected from my brain. DS Poem May 18, 2018

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