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Just another Sunday |
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Paddle-boat ride |
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on a man-made lake |
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with another lady stranger. |
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If I remain lost and die on a cross, |
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at least I wasn't born in a manger. |
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I can sense, somewhere right |
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now I'm being prayed for. |
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Seems like I always arrive |
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at the same shore |
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from where my sails set |
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maybe with one less lady |
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than my vessel left with. |
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Is that a threat? |
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Oh, I've stayed scarce |
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this past year, yes. |
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But be assured in unrest: |
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I'm unavoidable, like death |
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this Christmas. Is this twisted? |
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Why be upset? I never said I |
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didn't have syphilis, |
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Miss Listless -- Hard like the |
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bricks I pound my fists with. |
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I mean, she's hard like the bricks |
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that I pound with my fists. |
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This is "The fall of Mr. Fifths, |
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forged for the hordes |
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and the ladies and lords, |
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set with fat chords |
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in modern English. |
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I know, I know, |
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There's nothing more appealing |
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than the sound of high heels |
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down the marble tile hallways |
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of your districts one alloted |
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city-funded Steiner school, |
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Bilingual or Montessori, |
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followed by a single |
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high-pitched scream, |
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followed by breaking glass. |
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But could your anger be mapped |
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into an interpretive dance |
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to a trip-hop track? Could it be |
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bowed out on strings? |
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Or strung into a pattern for a God's eye to bring |
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to your alma-mater's holiday |
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fundraiser boutique thing? |