The Cockroach

This would have been entertaining, had it not been said so very many times before-
This story of a cockroach, told once now, once then, so many times- it has become folklore,
Everytime I tell this story, I think it gets slightly weary, of being told,
Over time, this story feels like it is getting grey, and little old,
But yet the story must go on-
Just like the show.

How many times we go down the

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