Drunk Tank Shank
I once spent a week in the drunk tank
couldn't handle the spirits that I drank
the cuisine wasn't half bad
we even had a few laughs
but I had to guard my butt with a shank
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trying to keep sinking relations afloat
is like patching a old boat with stones
for certain It'll go under
sharks will move in to plunder
then crap out your miserable bones
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"Its a girl" are the deadliest three words
in the history of the world.
They were impoverished,
and the birth of a girl did not bring smiles
as boys were always more cherished,
what it did bring were many options
all of them heart crushing and desperate-
To lay her on a trash heap outside of town
seemed cold and harsh they reasoned
and wild beasts might painfully finished her off..
and to toss her into the froth of the Yangtze,
she might get battered about to much.
How about lovingly putting a hand over her little mouth
but neither one had the heart to do such a thing,
"besides it may take much longer than we think
could we handle the stirrings and quiet screams"...
We could gently place her in the chamber pot
they thought and seal off the top
at least it would be dark and quiet,
but the pot would surely
be a constant reminder...
They finally decided, like million before,
to place her in a basket
perched high in the arms of a tree
at least (they reasoned)
her last day or two would
be spent amidst birdsong
moving along the leaves..
and the breeze might comfort her soul
as it makes its way toward the heavens-
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