we couldn’t have our cake
so we ate eachother.
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A millionbillionwillion miles from home
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Chaos ruled OK in the classroom
the nooligans ignored himhis voice was lost in the din‘The theme for today is violenceand homework will be setI’m going to teach you a lessonone that you’ll never forget’He picked on a boy who was shoutingand throttled him then and therethen garrotted the girl behind him(the one with grotty hair)Then sword in hand he hacked…
So you think its Stephen?
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‘The trouble with snowmen,’
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