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a cooler breeze takes the edge off the south florida heat haze lizards and shallow drinkers keep you company on your front porch in the night a fiesta of lights moves slowly by an old mans toothless grin and the never ending party you call it mercy to have all these friends but as you sink they just keep toasting the queen that cooler breeze entertains your hair and scatters the plastic baubles she saved for you as she absently sweeps up bits of dust and waits for her someday there is the crux of it cause her plans don't include washed up cowboys or the ragtag company they keep for pieces of loose change you gamble away all those hard to face burning desires you just keep your cards close and bet to win dawn filters in humid as breathing water and she slings another drink to you as the tropical sunrise really gets moving she gives you your plastic baubles and a raincoat kisses you on the cheek wishes you goodnight and floats away on the cooler florida breeze
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Apr 24, 2015
Apr 24, 2015 at 12:27 PM UTC
cowboy's crux
a cooler breeze takes the edge off the south florida heat haze lizards and shallow drinkers keep you company on your front porch in the night a fiesta of lights moves slowly by an old mans toothless grin and the never ending party you call it mercy to have all these friends but as you sink they just keep toasting the queen that cooler breeze entertains your hair and scatters the plastic baubles she saved for you as she absently sweeps up bits of dust and waits for her someday there is the crux of it cause her plans don't include washed up cowboys or the ragtag company they keep for pieces of loose change you gamble away all those hard to face burning desires you just keep your cards close and bet to win dawn filters in humid as breathing water and she slings another drink to you as the tropical sunrise really gets moving she gives you your plastic baubles and a raincoat kisses you on the cheek wishes you goodnight and floats away on the cooler florida breeze
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Apr 24, 2015
Apr 24, 2015 at 12:27 PM UTC
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