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Men with misplaced priorities

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As I sat on his bed in his one-roomed house, I could not help but notice the unique painting on his wall. It was dangerously slanting on one side, almost giving in to the force of gravity. My eyes gradually roamed from the painting to his door, it was missing a plank of wood from the bottom thus allowing the cold wind to blow in. No wonder I was freezing yet I was in the house!

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