I ain't movin' to Arizona! Dammit, there is nothin' there but gravel and scorpions.

Mary Doria Russell

Tags: humor arizona scorpions

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it wont be long now it wont be long
man is making deserts of the earth
it wont be long now
before man will have used it up
so that nothing but ants
and centipedes and scorpions
can find a living on it
....
what man calls civilization
always results in deserts
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men talk of money and industry
of hard times and recoveries
of finance and economics
but the ants wait and the scorpions wait
for while men talk they are making deserts all the time
getting the world ready for the conquering ant
drought and erosion and desert
because men cannot learn
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it wont be long now it wont be long
till earth is barren as the moon
and sapless as a mumbled bone

Don Marquis

Tags: man civilization earth ants deserts don-marquis scorpions

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He was horrible and fascinating all at once, like a scorpion prepared to strike, all angles and sharp lines and menace.

Kelly Creagh

Tags: nevermore menace kelly-creagh horrible fascinating scorpions

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