medusa quotes Flashcards

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A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy

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grew in my mind

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2
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which turned the hairs on my head to filthy snakes

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as though my thoughts\ hissed and spat on my scalp

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3
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My bride’s breath soured, stank

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in the grey bags of my lungs

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4
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I’m foul mouthed now,

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foul tounged \ yellow fanged

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5
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There are bullet tears in my eyes

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Are you terrified

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6
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Be terrified

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It’s you I love

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7
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perfect man, Greek God, my own;

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but I know you’ll go betray me, stray \ from home

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7
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So better be for me

A

if you were stone

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7
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I glanced at a buzzing bee,

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a dull grey pebble fell \ to the ground

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8
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I glanced at a singing bird,

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a handful of dusty gravel \ spattered down

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8
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I looked at a ginger cat,

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a housebrick \ shattered a bowl of milk

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9
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I looked at a snuffling pig

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a boulder rolled \ in a heap of shit

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10
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I stared in the mirror \

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Love gone bad / showed me a Gorgon

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11
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I stared at a dragon.

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Fire spewed \ from the mouth of a mountain

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12
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And here you come

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with a shield for a heart \ and a sword for a tongue

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12
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and your girls, your girls

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Wasn’t I beautiful, Wasn’t I fragrant and young? Look at me now.