--for John LaFarge

Hello, you scary frenchman.
What are you doing there?
Where has your canteen gone?
Jose was gone long before.
Maybe he came back and took it.
"Yes officer, I'll stay here."
Yeah, right.
I'm surprised you didn't freeze.
Why did I watch you?
You have this electrostatic charge.
I'm surprised I didn't get shocked,
When I pulled you out of the ocean.
What a grand, dreary, exciting, depressing, lonely, crazy, scary night.

(Author's note: it might be useful to know that Jose refers to Jose Cuervo tequila.)

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