Someone I Know

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Someone I know has died today,

They say his body was weak, his mind did fray,

Oh the number of people who had come to pray,

For the someone I know how has died today.

He was a giant of a man, no arguments, not a one,

In his life he had loads of fun, 

from playing games to raising his son,

If his life were a sandwich, you’d need a bigger bun.

Ah but who is this mysterious man?

I’ll push through these people and look closer if i can,

But I cannot, is he a superstar, I’m treated like a fan,

Now to see his face, for now I have a plan.

I’ll go outside and climb this tree,

It’s close enough to the window, but not so close they’d see

I lean in, his face comes to focus, who could it be?

I gasp and fall out of the tree, the man was me.

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