Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.
In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We__e each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We__e got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.
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In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We__e each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We__e got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.
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