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The clothes are packed off to Goodwill I said my good-byes up on the hill The house is empty, the furniture sold Soon your smell will decay to mold Don't know why I bother calling, ain't nobody answering Don't know why I bother singing, ain't nobody listening "Disconnect" Collateral Damage, Track 10

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Edgar Lee Masters

Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.

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Why, a moral truth is a hollow tooth Which must be propped with gold.

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The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

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