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I said he said

she said she said

I said he said

he said he said

I said she said

and she even said

so I said she said

she said (said Gertrude Stein)

But it’s the right time to say what’s on my mind

So I pour And pour

And poor am I

And I pour

And I pour

Pour out

Pour down

Pour in

Pour through

And I pour

And I pour
And I pour (“let us pour, let us polite”)

And yet I’m poor and poor is she

So she said I said

He said she said

And I say he says

She said and she said

I say she pours and I pour

And pour

And pour

And pour

And say

And say

And say

And say

And I say he says

What she says

And he said she said

So that we’ve all said

What’s to be poor

And we’ve all poured

What’s to be said