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He got got seven years hard time.
\nIt felt like forty-nine.
\nHe got caught with several bones.
\nIt wasn’t such a crime.
\nOn his appeal, he made a deal.
\nHe said he’d name some names.
\nBut then refused, he won’t be used,
\nhe would not play their games.
\nAnd so he sat inside a cage
\njust like a dog for years.
\nHe may have bent, but never broke
\nor let them see his tears.
\nAnd on the day of his release,
\nhe swore he’d rather die
\nthan let them take him back again,
\nthen went home and got high.
\nBetter to live like dogs, he said,
\nunleashed and free of rules,
\nthan subjugate all action
\nto a code devised by fools.<\/p>\n

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He got got seven years hard time. It felt like forty-nine. He got caught with several bones. It wasn’t such a crime. On his appeal, he made a deal. He said he’d name some names. But then refused, he won’t be used, he would not play their games. 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