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IT DIDN'T COME HOME

Martin Appleby
Oct 31, 2024
1 min read

And you're still sending the same shitty emails

laying the same shitty bricks

serving the same shitty customers

answering to the same shitty boss

for the same shitty company

stuck in the same shitty relationship

driving the same shitty car

in the same shitty town

as you would be

if it did come home

so who gives a shit?



By Martin Appleby

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