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Scorpion Tequila

It seemed like a good idea at the time

Clear liquid with a scorpion, asleep

At the bottom of the bottle

But oh how those feelings creep

Up, blurred and spun

As people turn to ghosts

And shadows start to run

Towards the music, loud, so loud

And I lose faith in my feet

Swept up in the crowd

Mouths and bodies meet

And sweat drips down, down

My neck and I’m dizzy and twisting

By the records, by the fire

And inside I’m not missing

That loss of desire

For once, a mental break

The one-night vacation

I needed to take

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darbi-howe
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Published
Dec 9, 2012
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