| Please allow me to intervene
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| With a warning most frightening
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| At any moment you just may be
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| A hapless victim of poisoning
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| Arsenic at your picnic
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| Strychnine in your red wine
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| You might ingest unknowingly
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| Something strange in your coffee
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| At any moment there just may be
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| A dash of venom in your cup of tea
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| Hemlock at your potluck
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| Nightshade in your lemonade
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| Organs failing one by one
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| Shallow breaths and then there’s none
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| A pinch of this, a dash of that
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| Will have you lying lifeless on your back
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| It only takes a bite
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| Then you will not last through the night
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| A dose of this, a drop of that
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| You will turn green then quickly fade to black
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| Please be cautious with Hors D’oeuvres
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| For you don’t know what you are served
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| An ingredient most disturbed
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| Will send you home in the back of a hearse
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| Cyanide by the seaside
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| Mandrake in your pound cake
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| You might consume mistakenly
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| Bleach, lead, paint, or mercury
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| Even fruit can be most deadly
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| Just one bite and you’re six foot deep
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| Anthrax in your lunch sack
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| Laudanum in your chewing gum
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| Organs failing one by one
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| Shallow breaths and then there’s none
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| A pinch of this, a dash of that
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| Will have you lying lifeless on your back
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| It only takes a bite
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| Then you will not last through the night
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| A dose of this, a drop of that
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| You will turn green then quickly fade to black
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| I plead you heed this cautionary tale
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| How your life could quickly be derailed
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| If done correct you certainly won’t detect a thing
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| That’s the heart in the art of poisoning
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| It takes a single blink to stop and think
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| Before you dive into your food or drink
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| If you dare to not beware of enemies
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| They might conceive your final tragedy
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| Organs failing one by one
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| Shallow breaths and then there’s none
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| A pinch of this, a dash of that
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| Will have you lying lifeless on your back
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| It only takes a bite
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| Then you will not last through the night
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| A dose of this, a drop of that
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| You will turn green then quickly fade to black |