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We're All Losers
Elegance is something we wear
as a display and as a shield.
We want to look well,
to show off.
The purpose of kindness
is to show consideration.
Do I win as an elegant person
or as a kind person?
We don't worry.
Such profundity ruins the party.
We are kind when we think it is appropriate.
Showing sympathy that way is a trick of thought.
The ultimate here being
the turn-the-other-cheek philosophy.
O, who wants that?
Finding life so complicated,
we go with the flow.
We can't juggle so many hard thoughts.
The higher price of elegance
charges out our kindness.
We prefer the competition.
We glow in the resultant luxury.
I haven't heard about too many
competitions of kindness.
Therefore, we're all losers.
All this superficiality breeds contempt.
as a display and as a shield.
We want to look well,
to show off.
The purpose of kindness
is to show consideration.
Do I win as an elegant person
or as a kind person?
We don't worry.
Such profundity ruins the party.
We are kind when we think it is appropriate.
Showing sympathy that way is a trick of thought.
The ultimate here being
the turn-the-other-cheek philosophy.
O, who wants that?
Finding life so complicated,
we go with the flow.
We can't juggle so many hard thoughts.
The higher price of elegance
charges out our kindness.
We prefer the competition.
We glow in the resultant luxury.
I haven't heard about too many
competitions of kindness.
Therefore, we're all losers.
All this superficiality breeds contempt.
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We`re All Losers
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