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After the years have carted away / The crime and the lust;

 After the years have carted away / The faith and the trust:
 

 

After the Stars

 

By Marcus B. Christian

 

After the years have carted away

 

   The grief and the shame;

 

After the years have carted away

 

   The crime and the lust;

 

After the years have carted away

 

   The faith and the trust:

 

 

After the years have carted them all

 

   I claim --

 

The humblest claim --

 

Oblivion in the dust.

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