hand ball -the mountain goats: lyrics…

i am the dry meat that fills the mouth i am the fire that burns without wood i am evil forest, kill a man on the day that his life seems sweetest to him i did not come to play hand ball i did not come to play hand ball

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pericope (puh-RIK-uh-pee) noun

A selection from a book.

[From Late Latin pericope, from Greek perikope (section), from peri (around) + koptein (to cut).]
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