When I'm Old

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When i'm old, there'll be no more tears.

Instead, i'll think about all my past years

Drinking champagne on rolling hills,

Watching Ma struggle with the bills.

Brown paper packages, arriving per day,

my brothers' blood lost in the fray.

When i'm old with ebony hair,

I'll think about why I should still even care.

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