I Wonder
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Fast cars, slow cars
New cars, old...
artifacts of the city
or so I am told.
Once before, it stood here
strong and bold
and in an instant, was leveled
or so I am told..

It was back long ago
before my time
When they say that the 
Old Clock Tower did chime
before the human race
became such slime
in a time, in the past, 
when the Clock Tower did chime...

My Grandfather worked
in the city they say.
In a place that I visit
several times a day,
just to splendor in
it's permanent decay.
So I go there
a few times a day.. 

I wonder how old
my Father was then?
I'm curious, so I ask him
now and again..
and He refuses to answer
by voice or by pen..
but still I ask him
now and again..

I wonder if my village
is going to die?
In a flash, like the city
with no reason why..
with nothing to show
for our frivolous try..
These things I wonder
with no reason why..

	- Lob
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