Pressures

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Let me shift some gears,

And then lift some ears,

Or eyebrows. Either way,

Who am I to say,

What a grifter fears?

I'm a drifter here,

Walking alone by the bay,

Just wishing I could stay.

Alas hunger twist my peers,

In their fists some beers.

Hurled like the can into the fray,

Hoping I'll again say hello one day.

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