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Brok3n
is on page 75 of 368
For how can you compete,
Being honor bred, with one
Who were it proved he lies
Were neither shamed in his own
Nor in his neighbors' eyes;
Bred to a harder thing
Than Triumph, turn away
And like a laughing string
Whereon mad fingers play
Amid a place of stone,
Be secret and exult,
— May 26, 2026 05:09AM
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Being honor bred, with one
Who were it proved he lies
Were neither shamed in his own
Nor in his neighbors' eyes;
Bred to a harder thing
Than Triumph, turn away
And like a laughing string
Whereon mad fingers play
Amid a place of stone,
Be secret and exult,
Brok3n
is on page 63 of 368
The friends that have it I do wrong
Whenever I remake a song,
Should know what issue is at stake:
It is I myself that I remake.
— May 17, 2026 05:30AM
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Whenever I remake a song,
Should know what issue is at stake:
It is I myself that I remake.
tiago.
is on page 32 of 132
«Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.»
— May 13, 2026 02:23PM
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Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.»
