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Ball & Chain Record Store by Ellyn Maybe' M, q8 z) u; p: o8 l
Ball & Chain Record Store- w. ]" f( y5 ^6 I. L7 s% i
9 C: F! O$ X" ZSomeone came into the ball and chain8 k- M8 T9 v+ M( E. A
record store I work at( ], f3 @: W/ w2 {
and said no bags1 y* y9 y1 i) x9 g2 K4 F" y6 S
a waste of plastic
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I said yes
! q% f2 Z- V, u* b4 f8 lYou must be a granola eating, left wing,; ]% b) g& V# \& q9 c! g
dig gothic, post-modernist, watch a lot
& A# k* J$ l6 ^$ m Uof Billy Jack movies, Arlo Guthrie type
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% m2 e- u2 l% [' R* J, B8 ~He said yes) g1 [7 m4 F- l) M
I smiled. @6 X1 }; S, e* z" M
I dream of Tom Waits fingerpainting1 ^6 b. ~. D( D N6 S
lightbulbs on my holiday wreath,
9 W0 o# }2 w! L& N0 c4 d' oand I'm Jewish, pretty weird huh?. l1 p1 S, m, n
I celebrate Tiny Tim's birthday
9 g# M' \/ v4 qwith a parade of dancing deadheads
$ j- B3 c* k- h4 q h1 C/ N ?some who never sleep and some1 [# u4 p. c& p% {! R
who never go to the bathroom
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) u1 m) l7 ?+ H8 o6 U0 S1 rHis T-shirt said have you hugged
# \5 I3 g4 u( ra rainforest today?
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* _( d& k# D. tI said I love the planet( [% d! R3 z2 z. Y/ `+ j6 W
but it's unrequited love
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0 H, M4 C& Y4 y0 T6 mHe told me babe, you're bringing me down J4 o6 n' a, S" ]; Z3 R2 P' F& T
When I was born my first word was ooomm
9 `. B+ |) U, |In kindergarten I organized the pacifists
8 ~1 O: Y1 c3 b# L6 v0 d' ito demand we didn't have to read; `5 ]% N4 e- x
from Dick, Jane and Spot books
; i+ x) w% Q$ zToo generic: i% h6 f# [% @" J. w: L% f
: C1 I: s6 G* G. ZI demanded we get American Indians: H3 v: v9 O% G% w/ B
to talk about what's real
: s- f& Z$ y4 Z% N2 IAnd I gave them my nap mat: p5 u+ g' ~+ `: X ~! a. {
cause it's their land and9 P+ @5 R5 c2 `8 P* \0 b2 s
I gave them my peanut butter. Z5 u/ e7 a5 z+ c4 L: p8 H+ R$ g
and jelly sandwich cause' Z+ y( {% W6 u! s, S# x
the buffalo have been murdered; {, a1 E1 V8 n/ l0 }1 M
and they need protein
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$ e) o+ z, O5 q* B2 d# _+ rHe blushed with passion and said+ J) |9 s; i" j0 s5 g; a
tell me you( Y0 g+ o# r" P, x) Y
9 b7 g/ C8 |8 |& W DWell, the first 15 years of my life
# {, K& ]# `' d5 VI thought Barry Manilow was a sex symbol6 u- I% _" }' p/ s, Z) K2 t# E
Needless to say I got a sort of late start* v: e) X; k6 b+ V
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at being at one with the cosmic heartbeat8 `) Y9 D& e$ S! Q1 F$ e) o( q" c
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He gave me one of those looks8 [* `2 y4 }* N4 j( Q3 W+ D- K: d
like I better get this girl
8 d0 V4 E% c& W' G6 j8 ?! k3 fsome Jack Kerouac books to read fast
' G9 k' u |9 M6 v/ m+ zbefore she suffers the confusion/ T2 I6 l/ C7 J* `# q6 o( {- \
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of not knowing there's other existences
, v6 k6 c* c% P/ j+ Sbeside the banal! E4 \$ t; N$ }9 W6 S# j5 b
0 B9 F0 d) X _& \I put my hands on my hips and squealed8 I7 E, M9 O; a! x W8 r1 M
I read On The Road and the letters' v3 q8 }# a$ Z5 _4 |) |
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of Allen Ginsberg to Neal Cassady3 E3 z3 [% M7 ^
and vice versa
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He said on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday/ Y5 q3 ?9 U, k1 G
I'm a part time Marxist0 g# m5 N5 T2 o$ @3 y3 e; C
He took out a beanie
8 c& s( v6 E, u- r1 Iput it on his head) K- W0 x. l3 k6 Z
and began to chant$ L9 [1 u% g7 h' F
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This definitely turned me on
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All of a sudden he began to sing
4 P; E: z$ o. y4 O- Jthe minimum wage workers' song
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7 r5 P8 I6 Y3 S" z* y9 T qthe walls are full of faces
# q* L3 N3 a- Ythe mini-malls are full of neon7 G& @1 z" l' a: V3 R5 B
the bitter bite the hands that feed them
% `7 o6 L0 p7 |4 V; m% othe food is a mixture of bone, blood
$ f3 S! c. ]# land snails" x0 I2 l7 p8 ~& X! p: {/ E) }6 S
man is a cannibal
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7 ]3 _( x" u5 H8 r9 r2 B) F" |8 u2 OI said wow! you are the sort of guy# g& ^: K$ p4 f# a: V
who says right on and really means it
2 ^" _7 D: v& c7 {5 Kyou probably only drink the milk
! Y2 O' d0 w! {* W% i7 cof socially conscious cows
9 d/ J/ I, Z- ^: [/ n5 Y. |/ p6 Wwho voted Crosby, Stills, Nash
; k; U: m8 p1 N1 o P# band Young for president) [. Y" j: ?/ G6 P& s6 W+ _
8 R8 V# B0 v( J+ A) mHe screamed oh chick my life changed
$ a, c4 p% c& C. {in 1962 when I realized the Constitution
1 v( O& L6 w2 \* Mwas written without women, blacks,
+ _- ^1 i; h+ T1 K" [+ Pindians, and poor white men in mind* I. f4 M5 Z$ v; k
That was not o.k.) a* D- | F# @
I became the Jackson Pollack of feminism
. [2 ?* ~9 r. Y5 k. `I threw paint of outrage everywhere1 r, T# l, ]7 G$ X3 Y9 R
I was a man who identified1 X' Q$ Y' _. N5 ?# w
with Billie Holiday and Ernest Hemingway7 A8 N1 E1 L( }5 p+ d0 }8 L" J) {
I was a traveler& V& S$ W! H7 d
* \1 T }! R! k, K: ^3 @So what brings you into this
8 e) ^( s3 F" b2 x" @+ \San Fernando Valley air conditioned
t6 [2 c% Z8 R3 I: u3 wintellectually malnourished video store
; y+ j) k4 U3 D! I) |. Q& bwith the exactlys?
7 {6 ~# C3 `: Y. m& w# GWe open exactly at 10:00
- T6 W7 s" ~8 N2 ] x9 D# D6 eClose exactly at 10:00! I( }0 g. M6 \$ `2 }, h9 U
No matter what our karma8 z5 G8 n2 D4 A q I( Z
Damn it's so crass,# M! N4 ~6 I4 j0 j+ C: ~/ J9 Y
you can't even rent The Last Waltz here
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He said I'm in a competitive mantra makers6 z3 T* T' Q' g5 W" j) n6 Q) ?% m
bowling league0 ?) [" _" R# Q: |
We have weavers, chess players
8 x- r: [5 U1 J: Ravant garde stamp collectors @4 I' Q- R& A
and Hell's Angels
" q9 i: t7 r4 R* t" LInventors all
) N. X, S5 C# x, OWe bowl whenever the fuck, o$ l, Q- l6 b: W1 z/ n0 o
the spirit moves us7 z# O( j! j2 Q
With any luck we'll be playing the. Q3 @1 ]9 F3 D L. M* z; M [/ a
New Age/lawyers/used car salesman league; i/ [% o a1 p9 P
again real soon
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Hippies and New Age people are like3 f( t/ G8 z; p$ ?- P K
the difference between Bob Dylan and Bob Hope
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He smiled and said do you want to bowl?; ]+ P) i/ k& ]
We are definitely into strikes
; R. h+ h& N+ M4 M" [& q: Zfor the betterment of the worker
q9 F: Y6 t; xWe need someone who looks
0 Z, h, K2 w6 F" B0 xlike she could walk into the woods2 ]7 u9 O# y/ n
and find incense without getting poison ivy8 e& M3 k% k Y5 x5 u! C
You look like Van Morrison
3 q. v S0 c+ E- E1 q1 Nwhen you pout your lips
+ v ]5 I0 f( gYou could be a part of the father son and
: \" R4 x+ b8 t, }( Vthe holy ghost meshuganeh athletic league' V: T% u2 O# J
Besides I love you2 q& B+ H- [4 h4 z8 y9 b4 A& J
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I started to weep9 E A% L- G+ M( O& v* R0 Y, |
Tears of Bas Mitzvah cake8 o2 N; A( O5 {, j7 z
and tears of being the last kid picked# f% D: M0 v, G
for field hockey in gym class4 g) o+ h: R$ s
Authentic tears/ R F d# U% @
Nobody ever said all that to me before
: Q6 E1 e8 r* E/ V, P3 N* H7 ?I guess I kind of do have Van Morrison's mouth# l- h+ O5 k' Y
Why hadn't anybody ever noticed?
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`1 X* J8 i0 b: r3 ZI said I love you
$ P2 }! `9 r& s3 P- f/ P2 {But every free moment I moonlight at, l2 n& i6 g# Z3 C) }9 {3 S$ L
Hairy Krishna Organic Coiffures
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We use
/ b5 I6 q" l3 c1 i, B; `# B' J6 V9 Uno chemicals% T! H+ ^& q( y C' U6 Z2 F
no dyes
2 A6 h) b% p2 r7 b) r& l. Q5 j- Sno sprays/ V, l$ x2 W t5 J
no combs
. v) Q W3 J) r3 Y( vno brushes
0 @& P2 Q8 _# ^! p2 i$ wHell, you look pretty much the same going out
r" K- V7 t0 i* X+ W3 |& Vas going in7 ?# L4 y$ a6 h4 f1 V
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He said what's a nice girl like you doing
3 Y) _! @- x5 J/ \living in a Republican administration1 p" n8 M S3 f* Z
like this?: l0 f% n8 J. h
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The manager of the record store comes over; ^, i6 i, j7 n
and says
! I j# K+ R) q5 n t; X" myou know the movie Fahrenheit 451
5 f- R5 r6 p( g" o* GCorporate has ordered us to burn it
4 v' n* l d/ |, jGet to it!* I/ S; Z4 ?2 e
Don't give me your damn whimpering
3 R r2 r. r+ f, L* UJoan of Arc eyes
; r; o9 ?$ [0 E" _: ~. [3 RLots of people would love to have your job
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I screamed pig PIG
; J* a; v7 U; K: s" eYou are giving barnyard animals a bad name) z" v* l0 M2 I1 s2 h
Cops are Pigs!* ?$ B* C; [4 v; b2 o+ A }6 |
Intolerants are Pigs!3 M0 r/ U/ v5 i a* z
Bigots are Pigs!, f/ u9 _; ]3 v7 i
Everybody who does it and says they're5 O4 e5 E! E7 j: E1 l+ i5 R+ Z
just doing their job is a Pig!
% g# k& | P9 X$ ]Everybody who does it to someone else
6 J( I2 p& O F& g* Iknows what they are
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! X/ f1 v; [" t% F) m+ a& |This is my first day at the record store0 B: t9 y D' ]
I guess if they want to have a quiet. g" G7 o) e x+ q$ j
complacent yes sir type of employee7 B* j8 v2 l# l# h/ y( N! C
they ought to ask different questions m4 a4 G5 a4 p! x& v+ }, O
on the application! E3 m$ b2 N) F4 G2 b* o
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like do you conform?6 x* {( M5 E4 W
like do you care that this is stolen land?
" z- M( ~! Z6 p. [like do you believe in playlists?
9 F; g: D/ P+ P8 m: h6 flike do you believe in yourself?
+ G+ s6 Z0 [4 ^8 m# o4 C$ Wdo you mind waking up alone& V1 ?3 P+ \8 a+ X6 w
rather than being beat up with fists?
- K; {1 q0 A5 d( c" Ldo you see the government is beating us up2 }9 L$ P' Q9 p0 w1 _9 j1 _
as bad as a knife in our elbows
' ~* R* ]; I* F7 X* _% |as bad as a slur in our ears7 h7 q) u. P" ?
as bad as a rape
C8 f. E4 [- Y9 c1 J `% {& mwhen we just wanted to be held$ \2 z9 ~: {, e% Y' [6 b
9 B4 Z$ H2 B0 n0 V+ c, @, \And all they ask is
; W A. v: w! Y. k! ^2 W3 Xcan you work part-time?
+ n/ ^+ ~0 s: L- w. f5 Zand what days can't you work?, i) L* W0 W1 p3 q
and they say whom do we contact' C: Z+ H" j- F6 ~6 `
in an emergency?# M8 ]3 U1 \9 A& H
I said% R4 ^; r. O" x3 X# j* k/ v) K
cause you need to ask that
* t1 r* |# m0 F8 I# J& R# X Iconstitutes an emergency
Q, a" f6 S$ A) e: d* Y0 `The hippie said my name is Hell's Bell's4 U( n7 \! _+ j/ W( c
but you can call me hope
/ a# n: k8 u# q+ F8 T& p* }5 p9 cHe said I dug you% `% |+ E; j* F" J+ o
Now I dig your whole being& \2 R' H6 o: W. I' |' `$ X9 J6 w, t* W
1 ~4 g. {3 |/ D0 @2 `It's strange* [. X6 d: F) v7 ?4 q
No matter how many nights I wake up unhappy5 W9 G" R" M$ g4 T
there is still a possibility of rising/ ?$ @, G6 T6 G& @* a" i; @
into a change so easily
5 c& k3 M! ~5 ]The outlaw lives in a world5 s, R; }' j6 M. a& }. J4 }
where when he sees a mirror
8 j/ {1 l8 V) K! Mhe sees a hero/ g% H' S0 L C- x) E
And all heroes put their bellbottoms on6 b: [4 A: _; P2 ?) H8 ^
one leg at a time$ Y4 ^+ ^5 }' i2 a# o5 }
+ \ A' y1 [7 m4 N, yLet's face it- z) U# P# q. M ]4 c9 W/ V5 C
How can you trust money when9 h; L9 @# p" [, ^# Y
it's politician's faces printed on it
% s2 n; V1 |2 A# o yMoney is sexist
6 j/ E- J4 u( V" f1 xThe only woman on so called American currency
& _' H5 A/ {8 b0 m: R* Ewhich is really Turtle Island$ B5 Q+ i6 Q) x+ s) s. c7 O2 S
to the Indians is Susan B. Anthony6 B6 L( }5 y5 D' X& \6 P
and they stopped making those real fast
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B) J5 M, W( MIs money worth killing for?. Y3 U2 z4 R* M0 d! F* r+ V
Is money worth dying for?
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I ran through the store singing2 R x" F% i8 U4 t* g
about William Blake's eyebrows9 _0 [3 X5 o# ^$ H6 D
and Walt Whitman's bellybutton
% U* w; d: r7 {' s6 Hsaying everything is alive
) b& V. o' d0 q( [2 n7 K/ eand everything is sort of adorable
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I took paperclips and gave them$ J" G* W! i9 j2 b
to loving vegetarian families
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2 ?5 J' B& P, UI took the bathroom sink and gave it a hug
! F/ Y! J. Q: hI freed all the rubberbands!9 K7 o1 u6 V. @- v& N
7 i+ v( D5 g G' [1 ZAnd I said to all the plastic bags
- V$ M% ?, A7 R9 J" oI will never burden you( h# Y3 f8 B+ U0 ~4 D+ d# @! V
with films weighing you down,+ c. v( V" E+ f) r
Perry Como cassettes,
3 v3 T# w, m/ S* M0 l! _! [or even a piece of Jerry Garcia's beard7 Y: v$ M; ]" e/ q
Well maybe
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' h- i0 W) N: y8 W- \/ c: [4 j7 yBut I will never staple a bag1 C o/ G) V) q' z! T2 s, o
for you brought love
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9 a" V- s" _ k, XMost people tell me
+ {8 f& n E3 _it was all the pop tarts I ate1 ]; d5 r0 k$ ?2 }1 @: T
Some people tell me
9 V/ c, V, X' i6 K6 N9 bit was because I was a liar
0 Q, I0 R& T$ Y- c- {2 aAnd I said I'm too honest! h; ]5 J0 q7 T- N' D4 u [( C# G4 ^+ n
to be anybody's best friend$ N0 E2 c. j$ R* G1 ^, D. e7 e
but at times nobody believes3 ^& H" O( T, C; @" K
this hippie ever even came by
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there are
1 P' l4 `& z) T7 F8 ?) l- Yno lingering peace signs
& c. D1 V4 v" Jno incense u( }, F; \& q5 e5 P7 ?) G. l' l
no tea bags# J( z d, G, U, l! h
no fuck the fuckers pamphlets6 B4 C6 E, j' |
yet I still can't even believe
+ R% X4 _' g1 CAbbie Hoffman is dead
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- i0 ^& c8 [3 M& j! uSo my strengths and pains
. u: \0 l( |' Eare in my sense of wonder. [) G. H% m# w# {& w9 }5 X6 t
: n, D, ~; H6 e. u3 c( M" u: `1 eAll I know is I don't believe in- g8 x1 s, R, ^7 G- p
wearing sandals and argyle socks together
& [; |+ |5 W7 j$ i# FAnd when I needed it most, hope was here, M: Z' z+ s1 a9 [0 N+ j4 S
change must not be too far behind
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! q7 o, I8 q& O2 [# h g' x" P$ w8 xEllyn Maybe |
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