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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

“Old Man Trouble”

Time marches on
and for mere mortals
it marches to the beat of its own drum
which is how we got rhythm
 
But the immortals found
that time always marches in place;
thus freed from keeping the beat
they commenced with delivering the beat down

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