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Why should i let the toad work squat on my life? can't i use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the brute off? six days of the week it soils with its sickening poison-- just for paying a few bills! that's out of proportion.
-Philip Larkin
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Why Should I Let The Toad Work

Philip Larkin
Why should i let the toad work squat on my life? can't i use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the brute off? six days of the week it soils with its sickening poison-- just for paying a few bills! that's out of proportion.
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