my mother groaned
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my father wept
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into the dangerous world i leapt
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helpless and naked
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piping loud
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like a fiend hid in a cloud
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struggling in my father's hand
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fighting against my swaddling bands
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bound and weary i thought best
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to sulk upon my mother's breast
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Fiend In A Cloud
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| John Vanderslice |