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Baal-Peor Revisited


Fork in a rattler tongue,
knife in hooded cobra veiled hand
Silver spoon boa stomach demand,
air insatiable adder lung
Squeeze some more blood juice
out of the acidic voice fermented grapes
Hate poisoned liver-flavored pâté crepes,
pretzel logic is a spaghetti noose
Feast on a plate of lust of covetousness,
make the greed rise
Leaven loving eyes
only feed the poor mouths charity less
Get the Balaam onion bread 
piping hot out of the Oval ovens
Carrot and spuds tweet muffins,
parrot-roasted talking heads
Famine feast on them whore drumstick fake legs,
devouring those naked breast dressings
Ask Baal for even more bowel blessings,
as your congregation of the dead coffin cake begs
Revisit the sham Shittim place,
where the gluttonous in heart fell belly up,
and the murmurers had their last lust sup:
A Baal-peor bloated quail face

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