fate of man

seemingly benign and tasty,
freedom is addictive - face it!
having sampled what it beckons
you'll be back again for seconds,
thirds and fourths and you're hooked,
never even having looked,
back to see just how you pay
to have things go forth your way.
but one day the charm will break,
and you'll see your life's a fake,
for impulsive pleasures' call
slippery it is and fall
one will down slope of life
as the sharpened inner strife
drive you will to get a wife.

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22.09.00

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