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Neighbors

He watched her from across the street

She let the dishes pile up but always washed her sheets

He knocked on her door at midnight one time

He needed a bible for last seconds, so he gave her a dime

All she could find was her mother's lucky penny

So she prayed for his soul and she didn't pray for many

He came to her clean bed through her door jam the next day

She was uncertain why she had stayed

When he left he kissed her over the windowsill with splinters in his lips

She didn't kiss him back and he pulled at her hips

She spit in his mouth and drew blood from his tongue

So he fled quickly, and escaped with air in one lung

She shot arrows with her eyes from over her kitchen sink

She hit him in the back while he was sipping a strong drink

He drowned in his blood with glass still in hand

She burned his house down and cursed the ashy land

They took her away with silver around her wrists

But even naked behind bars, up her sleeves were still tricks

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May 21, 2010
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