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criminale

Post by constantine » May 24th, 2008, 10:33 am

baby if i told you once
you don't dance the tango
you live it
ain't like the mambo
this is serious business
from argentina
i don't think you know
what you're getting into
you are out of your element
this isn't the madison
this is tango
criminale
tonight i am yves montand
and you
you are anouk aimee
there is a slow hot wind
that bends the silk
around your waist and thighs
like the curtains of sin
i look pretty good too
i am wearing a white shirt
black suit and a thin red leather necktie
i am bossa nova
i am criminale
tonight we kick out the junta
you will wear your purple hat
i will smoke a cigarette
but first...
we tango
ok?
i thought you'd never ask
i don't ask - i take
be careful
you might get what you ask for
i told you i'm not asking for anything
well you're not getting it anyway
just so you know
bitch
prick
i should slap her
but i kiss her instead
hard
our tongues carry on
like red-haired second cousins
on a kansas hayride
i grow fatigued
i have serious business
from argentina
her name is marta
the gypsy girl with honey eyes
she belongs to costaki
do not mess with costaki
he is good with the knife
they are all good with the knife
i will show them who is the fool
but first
i do zee pow pow
you no see costaki no more
he is dead to you now
geeve me zhoor eyez...
cigarette?
certainment
bic?
mais oui
tango?
but of course

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Post by jimboloco » May 26th, 2008, 10:30 am

you more like north meets south
than
east-west

nice stream,
instructive to us
illiterati

i guess
the argentine passion is
calling you
[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]

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Post by constantine » May 27th, 2008, 11:07 am

i know better - there are no illiterati here. thanks jim for dropping by.

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Post by jimboloco » May 27th, 2008, 2:02 pm

illiteratii in cognito
? roger!
[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]

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