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[_dogan]

once there was a man
without a
conscience

who feared
the dark and
jumped at
midday shadows

and maybe he did
good, and maybe not

he certainly did wrong

but cast away
old memories
whether they go
willingly or no

and hope for the return
of a childhood
that may never
have existed
at all

because innocence
is bliss

and now i understand