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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Scorpion

if a scorpion
wraps herself around your heart,
don't
don't look
don't look at anybody else.

if a scorpion
curls her tail around your heart,
don't
don't love
don't love anybody else.

if a scorpion
has wrapped herself around your heart,
love
love like it
love like it's the last day you will see--
that's all
that's all that there may be--
love dangerous love
now that you've found it;
lucky heart
with the scorpion's tail wrapped 'round it.
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17 comments:

  1. The first two lines...and the last two lines-kind of blends together. Interesting read...

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  2. I think that could be said of every woman... :)

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  3. Nice vibe rhythm .. I have been missing you (and the rest of blogland) but I am catching up now that things are less nutzy

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  4. I had a scorpion on me once and it was NOT fun. Now I carry a can of scorpaway everywhere.

    xoxo

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  5. It reads as a song, Shay. Seems that this love might be fatal...

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  6. I love the way the lines move from shorter to an accelerated sense of urgency. But I am not brave: no scorpions around my heart - way too scary! Great writing, as always.

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  7. I particularly like the repetition with growth and added detail. I always learn from your work, Shay. Thank you for that.

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  8. I like the repetition, the sense of the words coiling like the scorpion's tale, like the tension and the pain and the emotion, strained down into the minimalist song-lyric-/chant-like lines.

    That little chickie is smokin on teh gi-tar, too.

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  9. Makes sense...right? So cool - you got style FB.

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  10. reckless, non-safe, dangerous love...it's the best!

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  11. Excellent write, sounds like a wicked love to me!

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  12. I like this. I've had a scorpion around my heart lately.

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  13. Surrender to love even when it's dangerous, very thrilling.

    The guitarist is very good!

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  14. Damn, that little girl is good!

    I really like the repetition, too.

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  15. Worth jumping over to firefox to see the video (why is chrome not liking flash now? oh well...)

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  16. I'm diggin' the repetition of this, Shay. Speaks the kind of careful way in which one would be around a scorpion as well as the heart's pain and constriction of one's breath when held tight like that. Really great write!

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