In the circus tent of a hurricane
designed by a drunken god
my extravagant heart blows up again
in a rampage of champagne-colored rain
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drunken god= was her husband! extravagant heart= was her husband's abnormal behavior! Daring as death= family oppression! lion's den= in house of rude husband! jeopardy flames= husbands slang language whip with a fatal flair = husband's physical torture perilous wounds= wounds in sensitive limbs! Mephistopheles= husband! magician's disguise= husband's activities before the world! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Sounds like a weird LSD trip, in containment.