Second Handed Flowers

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I was working in Miami for a day or 2 I decided I'd look 
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 up a girl that I once knew I bought some flowers and went 
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 to see the girl I used to know the lady at her door said 
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 she had married long ago. Times will change and towns 
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 will change and there I was alone suddenly I wondered 
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 would Suzi be at home so with the flowers in my hand I 
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 walked toward her gate someone touched me on the arm and 
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 said you'll have to wait Then I noticed there were people  
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standing in a line some of them were holdin pretty flowers  
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just like mine they explained that Suzi had been in an 
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 awful crash doctors said that she had just a little while 
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 to last. When I walked into her room I felt a sense of  
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shame but I heard Suzi whisper I'm awfully glad you came  
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she had been the girl I had often gone to see whn someone 
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 that I cared for had been untrue to me. I handed her the 
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 flowers and she gently kissed my hand she said don't be  
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embarrassed you know I understand I said goodbye and as I 
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 bent to kiss her fevered brow I heard her whisper thank 
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 you for the second handed flowers.