Paul Simon :
We don't mean to mess things up, but mess them up we do. And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry." Here's a smiling photograph of love when it was new. At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes; surprise, surprise, surprise.
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Photography
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Love
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Politicians and Politics
Gift it
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