We're not in a fairytale story. This is not a movie. Scriptwriters don't write our fates. We do.
Sauve qui peut. To survivewe__ all turn thiefand rascal, or so says the fox,with her coat of an elegant scoundrel,her white knife of a smile,who knows just where she__ going:to steal somethingthat doesn__ belong to her -some chicken, or one more chance,or other life.
Morning in the Burned House
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Sauve qui peut. To survivewe__ all turn thiefand rascal, or so says the fox,with her coat of an elegant scoundrel,her white knife of a smile,who knows just where she__ going:to steal somethingthat doesn__ belong to her -some chicken, or one more chance,or other life.
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