The Understudy

When They Were Reversed                                                           Leitmotif Seria
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By:Contralto Mezzo                                                                    By: Castrato Bel Canto
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              I told a friend                                                                A standard set up
  and she confirmed the same                                                  the reverse can lead to
 it's that part of love and loving                                                         confusion
          that no seems to say                                               when the arrangement is swapped
             a situation where                                                          thus is non-traditional in 
when this arrangement is swapped                                                 A standard order   
                                                                                              To those accustom to a certain
                                                                                                      way of doing things
                                                                                                         it can be a difficult
                                                                                                             adaptation

             to be ruined, defeated,or outwitted,
                through trickery or deception
         cheated or swindled out of something
                    cursed cause I failed to win
                    polite and less informal
                  won't go that route again
       exhausted exploration of something else
               "euchred" if they fail to win
         the number of tricks they promised
                    tired in the literal sense
                the general sense in meaning
                  use of the word to express
                 the way this man is feeling
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