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No Matter (84 views)
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No matter how loud the band
They said without having heard it

No matter how lame the movie
They said without having seen it

No matter how ill-written the novel
They said without having read it

No matter how inattentive the child
They said without having loved it

No matter how poorly maintained the road
They said without having driven it

No matter at all
They said
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