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"The Slave"

January 11, 2012
By the_recreational_spirit GOLD, Halifax, Other
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look at life with every angle <br /> because the angle that you miss could be the one that changes your life

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What lavish quarters is this?
Not fitting for man nor beast.
Only fit for a god of much magnificence.
So that we may bow down before him.
And do whatever bidding he asks of us.
To be his subjects and no more our own masters.
This is the life of the slave.

© Abigail B., Uniontown, OH

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i was inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet
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