My Papa's Poem 'Paint Me Night'

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Modest without any reasonable doubt,
Much confident a likely unfeasible sound,
Simply playful untouched caseable strokes,
No drunkenness or uncannily inspiration,
Crokes on dead end,
Stripes and rainbows blend,
Paint me night blue,
My day is near end,
Morning folks,
Beauty to any soul that looks upon ambition,
Dedication to a bit a rum,
Although not enough to bum me catherine,
Fear of negative attention,
Unfazed by the standards of society,
Not to mention drunkenness bums me,
Loneliness really slums

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