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This Is A Debate
Sarah Fletcher
This is a debate about free will.
You ask me where I’d draw the line
if I were back again: the extra swill
of scotch, the train ride home, the glass of wine.
This really boils down to views on choice:
that out of this and that, well, I chose that.
I had some cash. I could have raised my voice.
There was a point I must’ve known. And at
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