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Can't vs Can
  Can’t; a horrible candle-sniffing word
  That makes your nose scrunch up and your stomach churn
  Can’t is a shattered life
  A broken piece of glass
  Tarnished in the blood of a broken dream 
  Can’t is a word that turns off the brightest light
  And makes the darkness darker
  Can’t is a feeble excuse for everything
  A way to opt out and walk away
  Into a land of sulking yellow-bellies and winey chickens 
  Can’t is a word that scruffs up the brightest diamond
  And turns a giant intimating bear into a small cowering dog
  People who say can’t are unable to stomach a challenge
  They are willing to throw up their desires
  Then swallow the tough medicine that is life
  People who say can’t are thumb suckers, and crybabies
  And they are more spineless than a jellyfish
  Yet if you clean can’t from your mind
  And wash away its grime and grim
  Then maybe you can win
  Maybe you could unlock the gate of possibility
  That use to be padlocked by your faith.
  See, can is a word sparkling with a glint of happiness
  A word that can wash away the blood on your tongue
  And walk you down the road of immortal love
  Can is the opposite of can’t because can will sent you walking down the road of a bright future
  Flourishing with time, good health and beauty
  
   

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