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You cannot lure me
to go to your paradise
and be an honourable showpiece
in your backyard garden
...
I shall love instead to live
deeply attached to my earth,
walk in its dust to be pricked by thorns,
and play hide-and-seek with jolly kids
...
Sunrise and sunset I shall watch,
play kites to outwit the eagles,
cross rivers in small boats
and hear the boatman sing
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Detachment is not my cup of tea,
leave me here on this earth, my lord!
attached to your lovely creation,
let your smile and grace my pleasaure be... |
