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The brown paper bag
Is almost the greatest invention in the world
The brown paper bag with handles
Is
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Alexander Graham Bell
Thank you thank you thank you
Where would we be without you
As our big bad villain
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Plowing dust with my finger
Feeling what we are
Flicking it away
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Hollywood
Smoothly wraps
Hollywood
Soothingly warps
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I love the creak
Of my cane bending
And the twang
Straight back
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A spat
Always starts out with a kiss
And ends with a high five
Aren’t we lucky
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Nature
Does this rock count
How about the sun smiling
In my hair
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Prehistory
The French army wanted to talk
In the dark
Without making a sound

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