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¨###¨¨¨¨¨# For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ##¨¨#¨##¨¨
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¨¨¨###¨¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨###¨¨#¨##
#¨¨#¨##¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨#¨##¨¨¨##
##¨¨¨###¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨###¨¨#¨
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¨###¨¨#¨## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨
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¨¨#¨¨¨¨#¨# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨###¨¨¨¨
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#¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨#
##¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨# And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
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¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨# Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨#¨##¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨# Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨¨###¨
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#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨##
##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨
###¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
#¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The #¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ##¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨##¨¨#¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨###¨¨¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨###¨¨#¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨#¨##¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨#¨##¨¨#¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨###¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨¨¨###¨¨#¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨## We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨¨#¨##¨¨#
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¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #¨¨¨¨¨¨###
#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ##¨¨¨¨¨#¨#
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¨###¨¨#¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
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