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a mid-month Deluded Custodians Challenge

Take One Line from a Few of Your Favorite Tunes and Write a Semi-Coherent Poem

Ann James
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1 min readJan 12, 2025

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I don’t have Spotify. I just listen to the tunes playing in my head. Lately, it’s The Doors “Soft Parade”, Leon Russell’s “Pieces Apple Lady”, Guns ’n’ Roses “Paradise City”, and AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells.”

Hell’s bells, they’re draggin’ you under

the bridge

Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

home

Come down from your throne and leave your body alone

holding your scarred heart in hand

me down world

“Hell’s Bells” Robert John Lange, AC/DC; “Under the Bridge” Anthony Kiedis, RHCP; “Can’t Find My Way Home” Steve Winwood, Blind Faith; “All the Same” Shimon Moore, Sick Puppies; “Hand Me Down World”, Kurt Winter, The Guess Who.

Remember to give credit where credit is due.

One submission per writer.

$3 ko-fi for the winner.

Deadline is January 31, midnight, PST.

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Ann James
Ann James

Written by Ann James

Her writing muse lurks in the volcanic hills amidst mustangs, marmots and jackalopes. While hiking with her dogs, Ann stumbles upon stories of dark humor.

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