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on being here sometimes
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Antigonish Review
- Article date:
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January 1, 2008
- Author:
- Power, Rebecca
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Copyright informationCopyright St. Francis Xavier University Winter 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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la la la dee da
it doesn't seem that impressive
now does it
not when you see it here like this
but if the right person were to sing it
it could fix you
break you touch you
oh yes
even kiss you
i am happy here
happy living where i am
half ways round the world
with the man that romance built
and he loves me
but this is not about him
this is about the
la la la dee da
the melody that is smothering
between concrete and glass
between high rise happiness and slum sobrieties
this place has it all
everything a person could ever desire
money
why there's oodles and oodles ofthe stuff
and work why there's so much work that you would never be without
and it's cheap here
why you can eat your fill for a ...