Life is Medusa
Too beautiful to be
Curves that turn you to stone
Words like snake oil
Don't look right at her
Lest you're shot down
Looking through a reflection
That belongs to someone else
So you can see she
With two verdant eyes
Prepare to be
Prepare to be
Just another stonehearted
Stalwart traveler
Out for the glory
Caught up in the chase
Only to be caught in her game
Of snake and mouse
A back that arches
Forever
A hiss between teeth
That slips between your ears
Echoing for a lifetime
Of scorn
Of love
Of jealousy
And her sister weaves
The time you spend
In her embrace
Snake bitten
Twice charmed
Prepare to be
Prepare to be
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Soft Duckie
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