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Trailer Park

On the seventh day I met the devil

All alone on your bedside table

Without his flames and yellow tape

I hardly recognized him

 

Dressed in his casual whites

He just looked lonely

So I simply had to touch it.

And I said, "You sure make a big deal out of being bad"

 

He had a gun in his right hand

It was laughing

When I asked what was so funny

He told me it wouldn't hurt

 

Curiosity killed the cat,

and perhaps shot a beautiful water-colored hole through my brain.

 

He said, "Dip your toes in. Test the waters

See if they're as hot as they say"

So I jumped on in, headfirst

To discover the waters were ice cold.

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krissy-schiller
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Jul 14, 2011
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