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The Lord Giveth, The Lord Taketh Away

from Short Stories by SeraphGuard/SnakeVersusCrane

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Give & Take.

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Verse 1:
It Was The STRESS HE HATED/ Feeling Like He Couldn't Clean Up The MESS He CREATED/ A Topic BEST LEFT LESS DEBATED/ Told To Be LESS ABRASIVE/ His Wife Suggested Sensory DEPRIVATION/ She'd Been Told This Method Was Supposed To Be The SAFEST/ He Went In For A SINGLE SESSION/ Felt A TINGLE PRESENT/ From The Standing Hairs On The Back Of His FINGERS, STRESSING/ Displaying A WRINKLED EXPRESSION/ In The WAITING ROOM/ The Attendant BILINGUALLY ADDRESSED HIM/ She Walked Him To A VACANT ROOM/ He Hid The Fact That He'd Be SHAKING SOON/ She Had A Few Steps She Had To TAKE HIM THROUGH/ So He Listened Like A PATIENT DUDE/ But He Didn't Want To WAIT, IT'S TRUE/ He Entered The VESSEL In The CENTER/ Like An Unborn Child In The Warm Medium NESTLED In The PLACENTA/ His Mind WRESTLED With This ADVENTURE/ Before He Knew It, He Fought LESS THAN HE MEANT TO/ Without Any Immediate Influence He Stood Above The TRESTLE With The INVENTOR/
Verse 2:
His SPIRITUAL SAW/ His Stressors Taking A PHYSICAL FORM/ He Saw It ALL/ How Negative Energies Combined In CYCLICAL SCORN/ Along ELLIPTICAL HORNS/ To How The RESIDUALS BORN/ Sobbing In Naked Loneliness Blaring DIGITAL PORN/ He Felt How The MISERABLE MOURN/ Saw The Weathered Faces The DRIZZLE Had WORN/ After What Felt Like An Eternity, He Grew SICK Of The NORM/ Of Being CYNICAL And WITHDRAWN/ The Sharp Teeth Of RIDICULE BIT Off His ARM/ But He Picked Up The Pieces Exuding A CRITICAL CALM/ For The First TIME In His LIFE/ He's Able To RISE UP And FIGHT/ Became One With The SCIENCE Of SIGHT/ Revealed Unto Him: The GIANT Of LIGHT/ Full Of VIBRANCE, But RIGHT/ Then And There A Tremor Caused The EQUATOR To SHAKE/ CREATED A QUAKE/ Crushed Him Under The WEIGHT Of The PLACE/ We Heard He Lost Both His Legs LATER That WAY/ Alone In A Coma, LAY THERE For DAYS/ But I Guess The Lord Giveth And The Lord TAKETH AWAY/
Verse 3:
They Had Been Trying To CONCEIVE For MONTHS/ He Started Drinking More Than His Wife Even Though He Didn't NEED As MUCH/ How He Longed For A Son He Could FEED And TOUCH/ Sat There Thinking Of All The Things That He Could TEACH Him OF/ Doctors Said He CONGENITALLY STERILE/ And Even Though He Was STRONG, MENTALLY VIRILE/ He Was Devastated Leading To A LONG EVENTUALLY PERIL/ CRUSHING DEPRESSION/ Didn't Say MUCH IN CONFESSION/ His Heart TOUCHING AGGRESSION/ And Over STUFFED With REPRESSION/ You'd Say It Was BORDERLINE/ If You Ever SAW HIS MIND/ The Type Shared By The TORTURED KIND// Living In DISTORTED TIME/ He Was Up At UNUSUAL HOURS/ Obsessing Over Some DELUSIONAL POWERS/ Seems He Was CONFUSED And AFOUL/ Making It THROUGH The STRESS/ DOING HIS BEST/ But The Bourbon Stains That RUINED His VEST/ Continued To Fuel The Flames That GREW In His CHEST/
Verse 4:
It Had Now Been Over Three Years Since They Began TRYING TO CONCEIVE/ Felt Like His Unborn SEED/ Was Just DYING TO BREATH/ Frustrated At Work Clenching His TIE In His TEETH/ Struggling To Make His Quota; He Had To LIE And DECEIVE/ Another Late Night, Spilt The RYE On HIS SLEEVE/ Reckless Abandon, Driving Home TRYING To WEAVE/ When He Was Alone He Would CRY And Just GRIEVE/ He Worked For A Family Man Who Kept His EYE On His CHEESE/ Promised Her A GET AWAY/ They Had Seen BETTER DAYS/ She Ensured Him She Still Loved Him And That Love Would NEVER STRAY/ He Made A Fatal Mistake And Initiated A HEAD ON COLLISION/ Medics Thought He Was DEAD On ADMISSION/ Instead He FELL In REMISSION/ Luckily He Lost One Of His Eyes INSTEAD Of His VISION/ Woke Up To His Wife Sitting Next To His BED With A GLISTEN/ With Tears In Her Eyes, She Was MERRY With A SMILE/ As She Told Him She Was Now CARRYING His CHILD/

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from Short Stories, released October 11, 2012
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The DKGA Is: Dictator, Hourglass, Great White Shark, Sien Fuegos, White Lotus

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