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Negotiation with Temptation
June 25, 2016
Your spirit for some spirits,
sir,
no more, no less,
I ask;
Your only soul for this
elixir.
Your smile for
a flask.
I've all the time to
barter,
I'm never far
away.
So take heed, give in
to greed,
and be prepared
to pay.
© Griffin C., Jensen, UT
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