I wish I could join the ones who are happy

with material goods and easy comforts


but I was born with saturn on my back

and I see things hard and I see things rough


I wish I didn't know all I know

perhaps then I could pretend life is a grand adventure


but I set forth on a different track

one these happy callous droids will find themselves on


at some point in their journey...

in that I do not envy them


all happiness will come to pass

and if you are not overly attached to such trivialities


perhaps then all will learn our common root

the joys and terrors that shape us and make us human...



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