{"id":2545,"date":"2014-09-16T22:18:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T05:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spclarke.com\/?page_id=2545"},"modified":"2014-09-17T13:18:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T20:18:36","slug":"take-life-away","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spclarke.com\/?page_id=2545","title":{"rendered":"Take a Life Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a thing to kill a thing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s such a thing to do!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of all things worth considering,<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is among the final few.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everything that lives,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lives to live.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And everything that lives must surely die.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But I would never want to be<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The reason why.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What a thing to kill a thing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

What responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such a thing might bring<\/strong><\/p>\n

A murderer to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everything that lives<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gives to life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything takes something away.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But I hope I never have to <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take a life away.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Summer 1984<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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