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Scary BeautifulMary's Pa was buried, in a shady peaceful spothe planned to live off farming, but that plan just got him a plotshe wanted her freedom, from Texas farms and oil wellsand when Jesse hit town, in that chop shop Chevelleshe thought she'd hit paydirtshe hopped in beside him, during a scarlet sunsetsomewhere near San Antonio, where even shadows sweatthey stole salty kisses, on a sultry August nighthe thought she was a goddess, riding ivory moonlightas free as a jaybirdand scary beautifulscary beautifulpainted by the devil's handsure to lure the eyes of mancos she was scary beautifulMary's mom didn't see her, when she snuck out lateshe just found the box empty, where Pa kept his thirty-eightshe knew her daughter, was a pois'nous seedand someday she'd just vanish, in the highway heatwith a reckless RomeoMary had that pistol, and Jesse in her palmwhen they robbed the owner, of an allnight Exxonbut he grabbed the peacemaker, he'd kept by his keysand smoke from her revolver, left that man at peacewhere the bloody moon over San Antoniowas scary beautifulscary beautifulpainted by the devil's handsure to lure the eyes of mancos it was scary beautifulwhen that old sheriff, watched the surveillance tapehe saw Mary kissing Jesse, as they escapedthey took thousands from the store safe, then sped off westleft the owner of that goldmine, with a leadmine in his chestand forever in his eyeswell, they set up a roadblock, fifty miles down the two-lanewhen Jesse hit that spike-strip, they rolled and burst into flamethat sheriff saw two people, handcuffed to fatethat Chevelle blazed on the blacktop, like a fire lakeand the dark smoke on the risewas scary beautifulscary beautifulpainted by the devil's handsure to lure the eyes of mancos it was scary beautifulyeah, she was scary beautifulscary, scary beautiful(c)2005 Robert George