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TOULOUSE REPRIEVE

I.
CRAWFISH GUMBO ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT
THE DRINKS WERE FLOWING WITH FIRE
RHYTHM OF THE STREET…THICK LOUISIANA AIR
WET AND HEAVY WITH ARDOR

II.
STUDIED JOIE ON INDULGENCE AVENUE
POSEURS SHILLING AND HUSTLING,
HUNGRY FOR NIGHT BEGGING  FOR THE JEWELS,
CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT OF LIVING,

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THEY STEAL AWAY FROM THE LIGHT
AND WALK IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOW
THEIR HEART BELONGS TO THE NIGHT
WHILE A THOUSAND FOOTSTEPS ECHO

III.
FROM OVERHEAD WE HEAR SOME JIVE AND LIES
THE CRIES OF LOST SOULS ‘A FALLING…
…PICKING OUR POCKETS AS WE STROLL TOWARD ST. MARIE.
REVELERS IGNORE THE TUMULT,

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YET WHEN THE MOMENT PASSES, WHAT REMAINS IS EMPTINESS
THE SCENT OVERWHELMS…STREETS STREWN WITH PAIN…
I’VE GOT TO ESCAPE THIS SCENE
………………………GET OUT OF THIS PLACE

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