Flashback .. Fast Forward

I Invited Her In .. What Else Was I To Do

finally driving back home to louisiana

I observed the girl still dancing wild

wiggling .. fading reflection in my mirror

i'm only two hundred miles off course

pretty damn good for doing 'shrooms

my head felt like a large balloon

filled with helium .. about to pop

foot all the way to the floorboard

my engine was roaring loud

i'd lost the muffler somewhere

didn't even think of looking anywhere for it

accelerator down .. hauled ass out of texas

crossed the louisiana state line .. late evening

pulled into an obviously abandoned rental house

sometime before midnight .. cloudy and raining

i'd called dolly just a few hours earlier

she seemed happy I was returning home

I knew i'd be happy to see her too

she climbed out of her window

walked down the levee to meet me

she brought blankets, sheets and pillows

we settled in for the night .. cuddled close

woke about noon .. walked down to the river

she related the hit was off .. now that she's home

I was surely happy to hear this

relaxed .. we lay back on the levee

enjoying a warm Indian Summer day

early autumn .. plenty of fish jumping

hotly we kissed .. made out right there

lazy day turned into afternoon

dolly soon had to return home

before her dad comes in from work

not long after dolly had left .. alline called

related she's running away .. taking a bus

next day arrived .. a knock on my door

rubbing my eyes .. trying to wake up

there alline stood .. smirk on her face

she said i'm not getting away that easy

I invited her in .. what else was I to do

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