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Ball and Chain
September 9, 2014
Still it stays
With an iron grip
I can't shake it
Can't make it slip.
No matter this burden
Its sweet and loving
Knows me like no other
Don't care how I'm living.
Thirty years on
Got nothing to gain
Tied around my ankle
My sweet ball and chain.
© Bailey M., Eagan, MN
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My friend Greg wrote a song called "ball and chain" and inspired this.