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The Snake Pit, The Bee Hive, and The Lions' Den

Watch your step, so you don't end up here Where people like you simply disappear To be devoured like prey, they're on the hunt Looking for their next victim for them to stunt Beware of the snake pit, the ones who take The ones who would drown you in a lake Of their own selfish needs and desires With a tongue forked in two, the best of liars Don't shake the bee hive, you'll anger the queen All of her minions buzz around free Selecting their next target to sting It could be you next, their reasoning is obscene Careful of the lions' den, looking for a meal They look mighty noble, but all they do is steal With brute force they pounce on their target The language of violence is the only one they get So sharpen your knives, and ready your mind You don't want to find yourself in their bind They fill up this world, on every corner you see Is a place where one of these three could be

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