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Challenge 2
(Listening to 7 Rooms of Gloom- Pat Benatar)
There’s only so many times you can safely let somebody toss you across hard wood floors, only so many times you can safely go under the knife for plastic surgery, only so many times 1 is too many to complete some Blue Whale challenge, before you used that turn up (for something else really needed like cancer that compels you to place your life on the line for any chance of getting better) and then your luck runs out or your smarts-smart alec; notions of invincibility cut you off for good.
There’s only so many times you can safely let somebody toss you across hard wood floors, only so many times you can safely go under the knife for plastic surgery, only so many times 1 is too many to complete some Blue Whale challenge, before you used that turn up (for something else really needed like cancer that compels you to place your life on the line for any chance of getting better) and then your luck runs out or your smarts-smart alec; notions of invincibility cut you off for good.
Published 6th Jan 2019
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