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4 j- U, o- ?. _: wBall & Chain Record Store by Ellyn Maybe
7 R+ a; J$ i- V& o+ d7 z0 tBall & Chain Record Store
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Someone came into the ball and chain
( A' H/ e5 Z4 c) N4 z7 l$ [record store I work at' |) k" ^ l4 m+ b: {
and said no bags$ f- X Y" [, z1 h
a waste of plastic- l$ A2 H/ q% V& T$ [5 d
0 P1 _2 p: \7 i% B: B' j) RI said yes
$ m* _5 Z! s0 A, w3 L# WYou must be a granola eating, left wing,6 t! {; ]! ]$ J% ]3 Y
dig gothic, post-modernist, watch a lot# G/ z) C: |6 E) F; Q3 p- T
of Billy Jack movies, Arlo Guthrie type$ H6 z- i1 ^% W! A7 u
% g; ~6 X! N7 l' mHe said yes
( Y$ E6 e+ ]2 n3 k- |, DI smiled( Y. q$ \/ X$ c) k0 a0 }
I dream of Tom Waits fingerpainting0 E- l5 a$ M% X* @% o
lightbulbs on my holiday wreath,
! L% m: n6 m. m' h; land I'm Jewish, pretty weird huh?! \; ?1 s: f! W$ M: ~8 [
I celebrate Tiny Tim's birthday4 E* B3 b8 T6 G7 U- |7 @( @3 y
with a parade of dancing deadheads0 p- K' n; W& Y# A4 {/ X& i
some who never sleep and some
! W/ T7 N$ K9 L& q; H, C) fwho never go to the bathroom2 F5 ?0 V2 s, u6 {1 m
# s9 j, X; h( R5 X6 b5 p: o# lHis T-shirt said have you hugged
2 U: V( l1 p2 Q8 ^' q% ua rainforest today?
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7 @! \# ^+ V8 {8 TI said I love the planet
: O; ?$ g0 k0 u/ ebut it's unrequited love
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He told me babe, you're bringing me down
0 w3 d% e( v# {) sWhen I was born my first word was ooomm
3 _, @+ _ Y5 D- ]8 b! X, Y& O7 QIn kindergarten I organized the pacifists) q) ` g) L) a& u
to demand we didn't have to read
" B/ x! \, r6 |* f" Z1 M- P2 ?from Dick, Jane and Spot books
, w1 `6 k8 P6 g" _# X8 I+ ?Too generic
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# A) b; m1 o) i9 q0 I5 kI demanded we get American Indians
2 v' z* ?, Q% o( `to talk about what's real
4 x2 R: s) o' r. j- S* i) \And I gave them my nap mat
; x7 U) {) [. E( c2 {4 {9 B& `1 Icause it's their land and
0 q2 C6 D4 u" O4 fI gave them my peanut butter
r6 \# }1 p" A. `; @and jelly sandwich cause
8 `5 Z' o5 A; V. i; @the buffalo have been murdered
- c' p2 M+ Y- o+ k5 Oand they need protein+ H7 O+ v' z8 H" }+ O
- Z$ C: p; t4 O. l2 B/ GHe blushed with passion and said
" n ?# t- W$ w& s/ k7 vtell me you
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- _) Q# {8 j! qWell, the first 15 years of my life
1 ^+ y. y: Y. I1 n8 @: yI thought Barry Manilow was a sex symbol& g+ V% q. W) }0 B
Needless to say I got a sort of late start6 ?+ d- s" P7 {6 } m
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at being at one with the cosmic heartbeat; c* ]$ I# m( S" j
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He gave me one of those looks5 `" Q$ Y% H. [# m( \
like I better get this girl
% Q- w$ b; M# X/ |3 Y' [2 zsome Jack Kerouac books to read fast! x9 s8 w0 I4 _" M, ~7 E: r; F
before she suffers the confusion
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of not knowing there's other existences
. }* t" ?7 o; Ubeside the banal
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I put my hands on my hips and squealed
5 @1 g3 M# i$ o) D4 t6 bI read On The Road and the letters
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of Allen Ginsberg to Neal Cassady
$ k6 w5 U3 X2 S, W- }and vice versa/ D" ?, O2 z; W1 |* ]; f
0 t! c8 W& {! J/ Q3 S7 \% ^! nHe said on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
+ L- M8 n, i: y. TI'm a part time Marxist
9 ^9 G4 w, s2 o N/ AHe took out a beanie
9 v6 M2 |9 [$ @. [* M# Qput it on his head! U0 C' {, r/ A. ?
and began to chant
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This definitely turned me on
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All of a sudden he began to sing
' M0 h$ G3 O* ^/ Hthe minimum wage workers' song$ ]6 c% F Q( r! L
3 {, ?4 g! {+ Q g: @8 \. |1 J9 c# vthe walls are full of faces
+ c( n6 r: I1 I4 b% N+ xthe mini-malls are full of neon% `% f( a5 @5 O& H5 c3 P v
the bitter bite the hands that feed them+ N! b" e1 h; W- x/ _
the food is a mixture of bone, blood
3 p; v" Z3 {' a6 A6 C. c8 Tand snails# E4 j3 t6 F l4 q7 `7 L7 N/ C3 u
man is a cannibal& M9 m% c% E0 S# l- K+ j
, O7 n# r' t8 J% h1 gI said wow! you are the sort of guy3 }2 C2 e7 |! \8 P4 K
who says right on and really means it
: ~2 c6 E: f& E' U0 z) byou probably only drink the milk
3 C5 O7 |% i3 e3 Z$ i" tof socially conscious cows0 ~0 p' W' u$ P3 T
who voted Crosby, Stills, Nash6 Z. K2 F0 W; w6 J
and Young for president
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He screamed oh chick my life changed
# J: i) U2 Z) w! C0 ], Din 1962 when I realized the Constitution
8 {/ z3 U: i) b/ F# v$ Gwas written without women, blacks,
& m* ]/ L! B3 G+ a. K$ m' T: ]9 r7 oindians, and poor white men in mind: w- |' ? ^- L, R: s
That was not o.k.$ K% x6 V, T7 t0 V
I became the Jackson Pollack of feminism, [6 U2 s E; e, {
I threw paint of outrage everywhere+ d- _% L, K4 k# R! @/ Y
I was a man who identified
: a2 @. X, Q. d$ y2 [/ b4 P4 _with Billie Holiday and Ernest Hemingway
6 A5 u' X( j/ pI was a traveler
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4 }4 |4 ]+ a9 F6 cSo what brings you into this
% o/ D: {; G! z T8 qSan Fernando Valley air conditioned1 a% E' g1 U- |: J9 s3 }
intellectually malnourished video store
! Z8 u$ V7 Y$ C. Pwith the exactlys?% i+ W' v# e4 [; y
We open exactly at 10:00* d6 B: N. \6 @/ ^" H; U$ n
Close exactly at 10:00# i" I' l6 y3 ~7 x) H1 `! N
No matter what our karma
% L- L( z# U' q2 l/ G8 JDamn it's so crass,
: p' ^. b+ z; x' \1 _you can't even rent The Last Waltz here
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' q) r* S4 ?/ s& o) BHe said I'm in a competitive mantra makers
3 H" A$ ^ V( mbowling league5 { s8 S; C: r* H% x
We have weavers, chess players
/ a( o1 _9 W I- z6 eavant garde stamp collectors
% O. g6 p3 F* y4 _' pand Hell's Angels) x- T- W( h) L3 m- P" v
Inventors all" W" h& G' Y3 W+ i9 f6 T7 S
We bowl whenever the fuck
1 X' Q7 m- K/ d& j* Wthe spirit moves us) i3 g0 n: h Y; Q3 A6 _3 [: s
With any luck we'll be playing the
" o s E: f) Y) D) W! [3 j7 oNew Age/lawyers/used car salesman league
7 c" ^$ |$ D8 B+ M0 Jagain real soon0 w; P" f- C2 ^+ z4 G5 z% {
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Hippies and New Age people are like a p0 Q- L [9 ~3 B
the difference between Bob Dylan and Bob Hope: O# C1 j) [1 ]: p8 p R
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He smiled and said do you want to bowl?6 |0 @9 c8 j* g, X+ S
We are definitely into strikes4 {9 _, v. q2 s, O r9 T
for the betterment of the worker: Y4 \ k. s) |6 t: b+ Q7 e
We need someone who looks9 P: {2 z! d9 O
like she could walk into the woods2 ^% p! o: E: h0 v
and find incense without getting poison ivy
% i" P# t5 P8 V9 k: }! ZYou look like Van Morrison, @+ a' z9 J; E0 Z& O! @) p
when you pout your lips
4 H$ o3 z- |1 M2 ~ l" Y7 R2 r7 k. l# rYou could be a part of the father son and
% V/ F4 z9 R' Jthe holy ghost meshuganeh athletic league
9 O' H7 G0 j( n# IBesides I love you* m5 `$ ^+ I+ t' T( _, J
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I started to weep- @/ m9 l k J: F- P, j
Tears of Bas Mitzvah cake
, G8 O4 s+ Z* \2 iand tears of being the last kid picked
) |, a8 ^* T D- U7 {6 c* hfor field hockey in gym class; ~! g) E3 ~$ @3 U1 s
Authentic tears- {9 _0 v) p1 t
Nobody ever said all that to me before8 k8 S4 O3 ?9 i0 T2 M8 A* u+ q$ e
I guess I kind of do have Van Morrison's mouth
2 r3 F/ C, F9 s$ p: AWhy hadn't anybody ever noticed?+ F9 z0 h; j) P; r) p" x* Z1 f
; w; x2 m# o$ g. o) w, V; \I said I love you
- u) w1 O+ C; A3 b. }But every free moment I moonlight at! T4 X* t- k& S$ @# Z: X0 d
Hairy Krishna Organic Coiffures
0 _) b1 y( B' [( W/ fand Tea Salon' `/ @ G4 G( ]5 W& y' n
We use( c9 A8 ?# \0 v! P; J$ f
no chemicals; w5 F, w6 d7 f) _9 o, Y5 X4 m
no dyes% Y3 H9 s' k1 n* l/ ] N2 y$ w
no sprays- o" Q/ ~6 h! N' S9 j# _" Y
no combs
8 B- M g; d! U. H9 E4 f) C! p+ @no brushes
2 W! y& X8 R) D/ o6 K( u4 j: rHell, you look pretty much the same going out! [# ]4 R% _( M3 u! c4 D; I
as going in
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# }& z/ q& z- rHe said what's a nice girl like you doing. {3 [! L9 S1 ~$ w6 B( g
living in a Republican administration
) J. H/ k) f# i; b G) N" [like this?7 K9 O3 p- P( O5 e( t+ c1 z1 p
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The manager of the record store comes over/ a. u# k$ r7 V% U$ p( Z, ~- G
and says, {5 O! |; ^( b3 g& H; V+ y
you know the movie Fahrenheit 4518 W: G0 w- v9 V/ e
Corporate has ordered us to burn it
3 ]* ?6 ?: e* ]$ S1 QGet to it!
) m5 T; j' A# c0 S+ C. QDon't give me your damn whimpering3 Q2 {0 S6 h6 [4 n8 @) u# f/ Q- n
Joan of Arc eyes
& r1 Z3 _: E* l" y9 c5 y; K- ALots of people would love to have your job/ p6 |. }; N3 X* N" E4 d! Y! K; q
: t5 Z1 c( w* [! X& ^+ zI screamed pig PIG, l6 i! {+ X. X c4 T9 H
You are giving barnyard animals a bad name
) k% h' r E! o7 f& S' p eCops are Pigs!
1 m1 Q+ z8 z5 ~( NIntolerants are Pigs!* z/ j% i# A0 y8 W0 A+ y6 Z5 M- f) ~% x
Bigots are Pigs!
4 s/ c5 r0 }: ?' j$ w$ ^Everybody who does it and says they're
3 }. r' V" D. o5 W2 f8 ]just doing their job is a Pig!
. ^9 F2 @% Y: S+ H; ~Everybody who does it to someone else/ Z$ T. X+ i0 o" c: L! D m! m( u
knows what they are( E# D+ E8 L& j
2 E( ~: k& B) B; \' cThis is my first day at the record store7 }1 x0 Q2 z- s
I guess if they want to have a quiet
1 o2 `5 l8 ` B, t8 [# R" kcomplacent yes sir type of employee# V. g0 @+ [8 x+ R' Z" c2 _# z! _- M
they ought to ask different questions$ c4 B) s7 b: {
on the application
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like do you conform?& `$ v; }9 ~- ^
like do you care that this is stolen land?5 d2 T: j8 N4 n
like do you believe in playlists?- d' b7 O- f$ L/ _4 r
like do you believe in yourself?3 W, I, T: R% E( [* ^! I
do you mind waking up alone1 P8 A9 a; m: b5 u3 \
rather than being beat up with fists?
. |, f4 T6 p; d3 k' @+ }6 i1 `do you see the government is beating us up/ w) n$ C) Y3 U1 _ v1 K
as bad as a knife in our elbows
. o- b) R4 K/ q! X" {as bad as a slur in our ears+ b2 O6 f% t7 `( [4 U' H3 U
as bad as a rape
a% e u9 m! n4 U4 gwhen we just wanted to be held! X5 a6 F ]7 q
9 o6 u* d3 Y, P. B8 O1 }3 L2 CAnd all they ask is
! V2 M2 |2 z, b1 V$ |% y4 r# @# Ncan you work part-time?: I5 i- `1 g7 r9 E' b
and what days can't you work?% z/ c+ _4 ~, f9 K1 e" J0 Y
and they say whom do we contact
3 y$ O" _" X& R" O, z& Zin an emergency?& l: I" ]% f. S* _, }) c% X
I said
; m2 M( j( J3 _, y* O' Gcause you need to ask that4 Q2 O1 O) i4 h A2 \0 Y
constitutes an emergency
7 ^! O$ U" W, L1 m6 VThe hippie said my name is Hell's Bell's; U% I" @! ^! `5 H9 ^: i8 `
but you can call me hope1 T% @3 G" I( Y9 Q
He said I dug you
5 K C- W5 K a P4 i# @Now I dig your whole being( Z `+ }$ {5 M7 [# b9 G
; g; v1 U# z# q0 S4 IIt's strange# H( B$ [+ g5 u( ?3 a
No matter how many nights I wake up unhappy
/ a& D2 P9 }5 [there is still a possibility of rising
) z' ~# e: A9 z* y; s" g. ~into a change so easily
* a; U& M2 o( o$ |/ RThe outlaw lives in a world
: _ T4 `% [5 @: n- Mwhere when he sees a mirror5 z3 x) c5 }% e: S& j8 R: E8 c
he sees a hero3 p W1 O, g1 E! |* x- c4 |
And all heroes put their bellbottoms on
& N5 E7 d& z, Z$ f& gone leg at a time
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( Y( k. l6 z( G7 oLet's face it
6 I8 |! C4 \5 j% h V: S6 NHow can you trust money when) J, @* s/ C) O8 k/ e$ ^) N8 f
it's politician's faces printed on it& p' D9 y2 J! F7 y
Money is sexist
5 K P7 a, }$ P O, g, g b% aThe only woman on so called American currency1 J3 o; `- U2 x! Z# S% }& t
which is really Turtle Island; c' J: k5 y5 g4 o
to the Indians is Susan B. Anthony/ m. A% Y$ Y7 I7 y
and they stopped making those real fast
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6 b2 c1 G4 d" `1 O; `, [Is money worth killing for?
& H. |* m7 ~9 ~( q/ C. s$ iIs money worth dying for?
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I ran through the store singing6 a5 a; A% G7 e O9 m
about William Blake's eyebrows2 J1 a7 X9 Y) k0 k3 c2 i
and Walt Whitman's bellybutton
; D8 R/ P/ A$ U D6 Usaying everything is alive' c) _- e" O7 X
and everything is sort of adorable
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& @) G. d" \( V2 Y' y8 aI took paperclips and gave them( G5 A+ s0 G7 |8 q- Y# [, V
to loving vegetarian families# n; W7 c3 `/ ^- F
who needed someone
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I took the bathroom sink and gave it a hug
& h/ y+ z6 l/ B2 s( r5 y" t6 oI freed all the rubberbands!
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3 R) s; `( `! q# M& iAnd I said to all the plastic bags5 }* C. B- A) }4 k
I will never burden you
- g% B2 B% z2 {- Y( X- dwith films weighing you down,7 L3 v: J$ N. W# G
Perry Como cassettes,3 e; d9 R6 ~5 [" c7 q) e! I
or even a piece of Jerry Garcia's beard, V n; |6 \- r+ P; h# D! S
Well maybe- X' k& i) `" e P
4 O* r9 ~9 w8 U" `& QBut I will never staple a bag
- V5 }7 q/ W) C; m5 efor you brought love
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Most people tell me4 d7 C; B# a, H
it was all the pop tarts I ate, S3 G1 H+ ]* [2 n& T% P8 n
Some people tell me
" x9 I: @" v( ~; ?it was because I was a liar; `' `: s( E) `2 D' k3 l
And I said I'm too honest
/ r2 r6 ~8 T4 l8 e# t* H: mto be anybody's best friend
& Q# c$ @$ r. ]) U% r; M' e* Q& f, obut at times nobody believes4 o2 Y" F, ^6 Z" R9 b2 U* P
this hippie ever even came by
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/ g q7 W3 ?$ o/ cthere are
/ V. q6 ?5 O3 {$ e7 i2 lno lingering peace signs
3 U8 `+ ~6 y8 d" Gno incense
# T% ^$ k, h, Y# P" D7 wno tea bags
: U( I% _0 y* O/ Bno fuck the fuckers pamphlets
% C! t& A q6 A( I6 ?) Xyet I still can't even believe5 T8 E7 o+ w6 z+ L6 h c7 v' _4 @* h; \; `
Abbie Hoffman is dead( N+ }0 d6 f, s& P0 }
- b; E: \% @4 S- ~+ uSo my strengths and pains5 G& s4 w( h5 j/ W0 M
are in my sense of wonder
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$ E5 J4 Y K$ C" ~( uAll I know is I don't believe in
% D$ R2 c |' J+ R" b( Twearing sandals and argyle socks together# W- J! g8 b+ }2 t' X
And when I needed it most, hope was here
. _- X9 D. l2 H) M% Mchange must not be too far behind: |' ?" r& P' H' S7 p3 A- y
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