Friend,
\nYou had one life,
\nAnd you blew it.<\/p>\n
From sticky spunk
\nTo human shape,
\nYou spent ten months
\nIn your mother\u2019s womb,
\nBlocked off from the world
\nInto which you fell
\nThe minute you were born.
\nA child once,
\nYou\u2019re an old man now.
\nWhat has happened has happened.
\nCrying won\u2019t help
\nWhen death already
\nHas you by the balls.
\nIt\u2019s counting your breaths,
\nWaiting.<\/p>\n
This world, says Kabir,
\nIs a gambling den.
\nYou can\u2019t be too careful.<\/p>\n
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