Ɖ DED MAN WŌCÑ
Toṃs Hardi
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Ɖe hêl m az wn livñ,
Bt d’nt ɖe nǒ
Ɖt I hv daid v lêt yirz,
Untūmd olɖo?
Bt d’nt ɖe nǒ
Ɖt I hv daid v lêt yirz,
Untūmd olɖo?
I am bt a śep ɖt standz hir,
A pulslis mold,
A pel past picćr, scrīnñ
Aśz gn cold.
Nt at a minit’s wornñ,
Nt in a lǎd aur,
Fr m sīst Tîm’z inćantmnts
In hōl n bǎr.
Ɖr wz no trajic transit,
No cać v breʈ,
Ẃn sîḷnt sīznz inćt m
On t ɖs deʈ…
– A Trūḅdor – yʈ I rambld
Wɖ Lîf fr lîr,
Ɖ bìts v biyñ rejñ
In m lîc fîr.
Bt ẃn I practist ayñ
Ɖ gol v men,
It îst m, n I periśt
A litl ɖen.
Ẃn pást mî frend, mî cinzfoc,
Ʈru ɖ Last Dor,
N left m standñ blīcli,
I daid yt mor;
N ẃn mî Luv’z hart cindld
In het v m,
Ẃr-fr I ń nt, daid I
Wn mor dgri.
N f ẃn I daid fŭli
I canot se,
N ćenjd intu ɖ corpsʈñ
I am tde,
Yt z it ɖt, ɖo ẃîlñ
Ɖ tîm smhǎ
In wōcñ, tōcñ, smîlñ,
I liv nt nǎ.
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