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// 11 - Ain't No Secret (villanelle) 
// Story: Ponyville & Other Poems 
// by AugieDog 
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Expect it all, I always say,
And ain't been disappointed yet.
I will until my dying day

Believe there's more that's hid away
Than anypony's ever bet.
Expect it all, I always say.

I've stomped along from fray to fray
And them few things as I regret,
I will until my dying day.

We flow like rivers.  Things don't stay
No matter how we whine and fret.
Expect it all, I always say.

From love and trouble, life don't stray,
So why get grouchy and upset?
I will until my dying day

Unleash myself in work or play
And take what happens, wealth or debt.
Expect it all, I always say.
I will until my dying day.