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<i>Remain Clean</i>
<c>by S.W. Black</c>
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<c>Copyright © 2017 S.W. Black.</c>
<c>Some Rights Reserved.</c>
<c>Creative Commons Attribution License.</c>

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<00:02.273><c>Remain clean.</c> <00:05.590><c>Remain clean.</c>
<00:08.856><c>That's what</c> <00:10.501><c>my mother</c> <00:12.748><c>asked of me.</c>
<00:14.916><c>It seemed so easy</c> <00:18.573><c>to do.</c>
<00:20.506><c>It seemed easy to do.</c>

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<00:24.869><c>At least</c> <00:26.514><c>when I was young.</c>
<00:29.492><c>I had simple things I could do.</c>
<00:34.978><c>Like, being careful</c> <00:37.747><c>with ice cream</c>
<00:39.445><c>especially on hot days.</c>

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<00:43.624><c>Remain clean.</c> <00:46.733><c>Remain clean.</c>
<00:48.718><c>That's what she asked me to do.</c>
<00:52.637><c>My mother wanted me to</c> <00:56.712><c>remain clean,</c>
<01:00.447><c>as clean as a young baby.</c>

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<01:07.161><c>And as I grew up</c> <01:12.281><c>it became harder, true.</c>
<01:16.774><c>I thought</c> <01:18.315><c>it might get easier</c>
<01:21.920><c>because I stopped</c> <01:24.640><c>playing with my poo,</c> <01:27.127><c>but it became</c>
<01:29.626><c>so much</c> <01:31.389><c>harder</c> <01:33.048><c>when I was a teenager.</c>

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<01:37.672><c>My body might have been clean,</c>
<01:43.001><c>but my mind it was filthy.</c>
<01:47.729><c>My mind, it was so filthy.</c>
<01:52.509><c>And still</c> <01:54.834><c>my mother asked me</c>
<01:57.969><c>to please remain clean.</c>

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<02:01.757><c>And I scrubbed at my mind,</c>
<02:05.910><c>and I worked 'til it was bright.</c>
<02:09.985><c>And then</c> <02:11.944><c>I did</c> <02:13.695><c>my best</c> <02:15.393><c>to remain</c> <02:18.318><c>clean again.</c>

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<02:21.244><c>And then I grew some more</c>
<02:26.860><c>and had kids</c> <02:29.290><c>myself, yes.</c>
<02:31.745><c>And then I found</c> <02:34.828><c>just how filthy</c> <02:37.989><c>young babies</c> <02:40.261><c>could be.</c>
<02:41.750><c>I found</c> <02:43.997><c>just how filthy</c> <02:46.452><c>young babies could be.</c>

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<02:49.979><c>So I turned</c> <02:52.434><c>to my mother</c> <02:55.125><c>and said,</c>
<02:56.614><c>"What's this?</c> <02:58.573><c>You</c> <02:59.592><c>told me to remain clean,</c>
<03:03.197><c>remain clean like a baby.</c>
<03:06.906><c>I've tried all my life</c> <03:11.112><c>but what's this?"</c>
<03:13.776><c>And my mother</c> <03:16.937><c>turned to me</c> <03:19.915><c>and she said,</c>
<03:23.102><c>"Oh, well."</c> <03:25.976><c><c></c></c> <03:26.000><c><c></c></c>