Peach Cider Chalice

Words by Bryon Bowers

I got caught in the rain On a hot July day Bare Feet Burning Now they're floating away… Deadpool cupcakes Peach cider in my chalice I took more showers than Debbie does Dallas Come on bar tender One more round… I disappear from the world when it gets too much People drain me of my powers they like to talk and such I like a good book Solitude is my solace Like to dive deep down In the ancient past I could just lay down In the water and drown Sumerian Clay tablet Laying on the ground One of many Never found… I got caught in the rain On a hot July day Bare Feet Burning Now they're floating away… Deadpool cupcakes Peach cider in my chalice I took more showers than Debbie does Dallas Come on bar tender One more round… Mystery coalition Of Sea people attack Egypt fights back On those nile shores King rises up In 20 years he is gone… Bronze Age Collapse The weather's gone bad… Assyrian Empire Knowledge lost Buildings crumbling in the wind two factions battled it out But Nobody won in the end… Somebody's gonna rise up again… Civilization lost People fighting over power, food, and water Make that cost minuscule Then the people They can rule… I got caught in the rain On a hot July day Bare Feet Burning Now they're floating away… Deadpool cupcakes Peach cider in my chalice I took more showers than Debbie does Dallas Come on bar tender One more round…

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