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I Am the State












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"I am the state,
and I control your fate."
the judge decreed,
and the therapists agreed,
the social worker called us with the news

She said Daddy's banished to Siberia.
Isn't it great?
(he refused to do as he was told)

Now Mom's new boyfriend drinks,
and watches porn all day,
and says he looks for work...

Now they give Mom dope
the state says that she can't cope.

I wonder where my Daddy is tonight...