THE ADVICE OF THE ARCH-ANGEL MATTHEW · TO THE
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Chapter 14
And maybe you suppose that’s not such bad news,
2If the rest of them are getting more and more like you every day,
3And maybe they’ll back off with all the personal remarks and the dirty looks,
4And maybe you’ll see less of the back of their hand,
5mBut that’s only because you’re so stupid,
6And don’t know when you’re well off,
7Like everybody else.
8You see, the more like you they get,
9The more they will hate you,
10And the more they will pretend that they aren’t like you at all,
11Because they hate you.
12And so their ahouses won’t look like yours,
13And their bcars won’t look like yours,
14And their cclothes won’t look like yours,
15dExcept maybe the clothes their children wear, which will make them hate you even more,
16And their jobs won’t be like yours at all,
17Because most of them will have jobs, and they won’t be on the line in some stinking factory, either,
18And so a lot of them will also have a lot more ethings than you do, and nicer things at that.
19But deep down,
20They’ll be just like you,
21Except for not having your guts,
22And that’s not good news at all.
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