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" z' M/ ]" ^( L# P2 E4 N WBall & Chain Record Store by Ellyn Maybe
: J$ _ X0 A4 p$ z; ABall & Chain Record Store
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8 @: P" E1 d5 P! R/ t& [5 Q& m* G7 [Someone came into the ball and chain
. o& d7 p: Q/ ~; B% e: m+ k. a9 h, precord store I work at
0 ~* ~5 q7 {# a# Fand said no bags Y# T+ i+ Y m: S9 u- v3 O
a waste of plastic
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- J: t& {7 G p- |8 `. N6 OI said yes& u5 z9 n( a& T7 G- v0 e, |9 U
You must be a granola eating, left wing,
9 X6 u5 O9 m U) pdig gothic, post-modernist, watch a lot
7 e. `% t, p& A8 h6 `% u; iof Billy Jack movies, Arlo Guthrie type
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He said yes
0 W6 t. @- Q* H }I smiled" O- {7 `$ _9 n% B% [" f
I dream of Tom Waits fingerpainting( F9 I: A8 [( {/ J6 x& m
lightbulbs on my holiday wreath,' H, t; E1 _5 L# F$ g. P7 p [: `
and I'm Jewish, pretty weird huh?0 K) k. W5 n5 u& a
I celebrate Tiny Tim's birthday+ o& H$ i1 A$ _8 M
with a parade of dancing deadheads
. H2 O. q0 e/ d: Osome who never sleep and some- W1 b3 E2 }7 s: k" H- l' x2 S9 z
who never go to the bathroom5 X7 p/ o$ B- v6 q0 \# F
$ x B. d. f/ A( d1 Q2 i* y; dHis T-shirt said have you hugged# q( F0 A5 W* `0 k7 G: y
a rainforest today?2 J2 A) Y7 }$ _, E
. C9 F% p+ U1 J/ D7 \3 Y# MI said I love the planet
* W' L( T1 D2 ^0 T6 H% E* qbut it's unrequited love6 Y* U) @8 C* |8 I* l6 v
4 V$ S' D8 ?8 s7 l% n/ ]/ EHe told me babe, you're bringing me down
- N) V0 q% l" n# C0 f- h8 m, |8 ~When I was born my first word was ooomm- C' L4 \& y. M5 W
In kindergarten I organized the pacifists* Y: }, K% R1 t% @
to demand we didn't have to read
0 c* p$ z* H, D$ R$ @from Dick, Jane and Spot books
4 T; _9 N M. `5 rToo generic
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I demanded we get American Indians0 S/ M% E8 ~! G# V" m
to talk about what's real
, v2 j; v* J8 G' j; U3 sAnd I gave them my nap mat& O8 X$ e1 q$ N7 z) \
cause it's their land and# B p5 g! u/ A. c3 m" I
I gave them my peanut butter; U3 V, e3 d; U8 P+ c3 v: R
and jelly sandwich cause' O+ n, D9 J' {5 C& N
the buffalo have been murdered
' u- q6 K. p1 X8 d3 f2 |0 Cand they need protein$ y# b# d9 n9 U4 T$ p
" C" t7 |+ o7 \: H9 G4 \ k$ THe blushed with passion and said. H# z: ?6 q- a7 G
tell me you
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2 F4 y2 o9 x0 V8 l# n3 GWell, the first 15 years of my life
! s5 U- _% d, `! g m) B3 {I thought Barry Manilow was a sex symbol
$ B& b; V" V( [8 |$ _/ D/ E+ iNeedless to say I got a sort of late start) J" r) n7 k( V9 g- Q& I
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at being at one with the cosmic heartbeat
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He gave me one of those looks: q' @. x- ]1 c8 Y$ x( J
like I better get this girl6 \) Z2 S$ a* d7 n
some Jack Kerouac books to read fast
$ S/ U$ k/ i3 @" Xbefore she suffers the confusion
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# R1 n1 U1 B3 m+ A( } z* ?of not knowing there's other existences) u/ i/ V! S d# J
beside the banal2 ~+ v6 u1 E# A) b& g A& m
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I put my hands on my hips and squealed
' s- @5 k) Q) C# t( S1 T" WI read On The Road and the letters W/ b% x5 D% I
a, Y# G$ a7 x* v; `of Allen Ginsberg to Neal Cassady* _6 U1 d# d; m
and vice versa
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He said on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday% Q$ V$ P& D0 x
I'm a part time Marxist X, q. d2 w$ B5 b7 O+ ]1 P
He took out a beanie0 b; [! q3 ^- A! q" O
put it on his head3 S$ } y+ b' {) n+ t- C+ H
and began to chant4 d9 T$ |$ z: Y. M1 F1 j
' y9 t" F1 Y) R T; YThis definitely turned me on
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All of a sudden he began to sing z1 w$ n! t) _/ }! U' \
the minimum wage workers' song3 e; d5 Q7 a, M( x' \
9 d3 I4 j) B8 `: R( Y9 v+ c& ^. ]the walls are full of faces
( U2 O$ N1 G/ @ t& athe mini-malls are full of neon
2 }2 y6 }# L. f* ?, e: \$ B i$ _* }the bitter bite the hands that feed them7 d% K' |/ f" I5 K
the food is a mixture of bone, blood
% T5 X" Z; B% ?" l9 F Y; Tand snails
7 o. Q. N6 }- N; ~man is a cannibal5 M, I8 u& z5 \( S5 ^
5 U @$ } T9 ^3 n+ y) TI said wow! you are the sort of guy ?1 C8 U# h+ i( I& Z& P) @$ I
who says right on and really means it- S( F' j! q- V$ P% v8 c M
you probably only drink the milk: U5 X" F' V! L( ]6 E9 i
of socially conscious cows
/ e3 ^/ ]+ J+ ~/ W( l8 u8 xwho voted Crosby, Stills, Nash1 b$ g, \1 o$ m6 `4 I* o
and Young for president
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He screamed oh chick my life changed
0 a+ b# R* n# f1 k* F" b% Vin 1962 when I realized the Constitution5 u, N4 M) ~+ B( Q! f6 H; |! \
was written without women, blacks,
+ P2 r' M0 D1 _5 {' Y' Vindians, and poor white men in mind
: P. X6 d2 u8 q/ c/ L+ WThat was not o.k.
e3 Q6 n' k0 d5 J: _! T+ [I became the Jackson Pollack of feminism: X& z7 j9 I$ L! V- X' x
I threw paint of outrage everywhere
' G4 G1 Z) A6 E7 ?6 yI was a man who identified
# c9 q" L. W4 n3 M& N) \' D- Dwith Billie Holiday and Ernest Hemingway
/ y9 r! b% G5 qI was a traveler
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+ g- |2 o, G6 n) ?0 eSo what brings you into this- q$ y7 `! J7 S6 Q
San Fernando Valley air conditioned" ^4 |4 W# b, f+ Y! i
intellectually malnourished video store
( n0 k# X9 I) a1 E. D2 h0 N$ Z2 Awith the exactlys?# y' ?# J6 l$ _$ O
We open exactly at 10:00
0 F) W8 p$ N7 s/ v5 ]* gClose exactly at 10:00
5 q# ]# X% I QNo matter what our karma4 l/ b) k" |, f( z2 |" Q! ?) G( v1 N
Damn it's so crass,
* |7 [6 ^6 d [# E' I- Jyou can't even rent The Last Waltz here; g' S- P3 B1 a: A
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He said I'm in a competitive mantra makers
5 S. m* B% _) P8 H' _. Lbowling league
, p+ c5 y7 e QWe have weavers, chess players
, p9 f+ R! l( h" r4 v" G7 y z8 ?avant garde stamp collectors
5 [ v5 p3 N0 d" ^ \and Hell's Angels5 X$ j# \3 K" d: Z1 d' v
Inventors all
' f3 q3 h& N6 S+ }3 ]+ V. FWe bowl whenever the fuck% _/ s2 g5 J+ b1 S* f. Y; R, h4 A
the spirit moves us4 M9 X* J! q- @+ r D, Q0 {
With any luck we'll be playing the
! w- u% b' j) _, }8 _New Age/lawyers/used car salesman league
4 `& @* y5 m8 dagain real soon
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! w- N. `6 l+ S$ i5 aHippies and New Age people are like
6 D2 u/ Y0 W0 a0 w& Y' cthe difference between Bob Dylan and Bob Hope
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0 P/ D# i9 b3 f8 g! {& f' kHe smiled and said do you want to bowl?3 T; y9 M% X9 ]" N+ J5 R! ~
We are definitely into strikes
* o& x4 ?# A+ D5 J E: [for the betterment of the worker9 E* h) _5 g4 g, l8 `% c
We need someone who looks
2 X$ S' Q( m. u- `4 p Z& Nlike she could walk into the woods: |! t' ~4 o3 K \; y7 Y- x
and find incense without getting poison ivy* g! @5 r% J8 a
You look like Van Morrison6 {. F9 ^+ C r6 P# W
when you pout your lips
1 Q, ^2 K4 Q' P" {0 A4 XYou could be a part of the father son and1 U3 f M# I5 H4 c. o; R/ V: Q( ]+ q+ I6 q
the holy ghost meshuganeh athletic league% X% H$ S7 b. |* |# D& D/ a( h" @ k
Besides I love you a8 w8 o" P3 A6 }, o4 C5 I; _, S7 r
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I started to weep
( J# O8 ?4 x* hTears of Bas Mitzvah cake
' q2 h5 |/ K s/ gand tears of being the last kid picked# R1 S) q4 o0 a( ~$ K
for field hockey in gym class
, O e; \. P {5 G; uAuthentic tears
# ^* j- l- d G! c2 fNobody ever said all that to me before, K% v4 _1 L8 L" L" l, t" y. b
I guess I kind of do have Van Morrison's mouth' Y2 y1 A& [+ S6 O5 |
Why hadn't anybody ever noticed?' M7 C8 o0 u/ Q0 m
. U2 d3 `' D0 T: ^I said I love you* [! N% Y& ^- s9 d; u: W% k m
But every free moment I moonlight at; } d$ C d, ^0 e7 Z
Hairy Krishna Organic Coiffures
0 t1 v8 j, W! E& r! s/ p- aand Tea Salon
3 C- `- O6 q& M) o. h( c0 QWe use
, d) S/ Q; |2 G, zno chemicals- L; n* m% w3 H- `, f5 y
no dyes& n' n( O! p- [# i$ I
no sprays9 _8 a s# N( } D/ L- o: V
no combs
' X3 f$ r0 ~2 p/ G# ?! ^" f4 y6 nno brushes9 ]& g a$ ]8 U0 r( G! j8 a/ `
Hell, you look pretty much the same going out* k* i0 C, i$ {
as going in4 u8 T" n2 V9 H u4 c, ?% y. G
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He said what's a nice girl like you doing
' c$ h; G! M' lliving in a Republican administration
/ M9 i/ B0 f( s; B& jlike this?
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% j4 v u) ~) RThe manager of the record store comes over, L0 t1 ?9 V/ L }) \/ x
and says
) W. [9 T6 }& R. i, J0 u: |you know the movie Fahrenheit 451
' I/ `- f0 j# W9 V6 ICorporate has ordered us to burn it. i7 W+ H& N5 p. b0 s; U
Get to it!
: ~* B4 i4 @4 L( g8 L m+ C8 gDon't give me your damn whimpering
/ r% e$ ^1 Y1 I. NJoan of Arc eyes
/ c9 j& V9 O! G* H# H# aLots of people would love to have your job
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, p* D7 J7 r9 p* @I screamed pig PIG
' R9 h& d& `. R; H& VYou are giving barnyard animals a bad name2 ?1 r/ s. T7 B, @( I8 N9 _
Cops are Pigs!9 [/ `5 w! a( b3 b7 M& n' t
Intolerants are Pigs!
; ]& C) B+ t) TBigots are Pigs!
F) u# S; @' w1 s' f( AEverybody who does it and says they're# b( ]8 x' G/ P4 Y* P
just doing their job is a Pig!
3 M. s+ Q1 c4 W) l# f; [+ iEverybody who does it to someone else
5 Z, W! ~3 P+ v! P+ X c" Hknows what they are+ q; E- j# p& n* K) ^3 z( N
# N5 F2 Z9 a* a* D5 N, e% fThis is my first day at the record store3 @8 L+ _& i. E+ d: \9 c" K
I guess if they want to have a quiet2 Z- w1 K# Z, L5 H
complacent yes sir type of employee
U" E. s1 v" W5 tthey ought to ask different questions4 c% r: V9 [ K/ u
on the application
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' s1 H/ o! `5 P7 Olike do you conform?
$ I) k* l$ c! c; u( r1 llike do you care that this is stolen land?! s5 \ j' {2 p z; A" O1 i5 u' [
like do you believe in playlists?0 e$ u* z, I! B; Y7 ?9 L
like do you believe in yourself?7 i5 G5 C- B% a h/ V/ s& ]* n8 q
do you mind waking up alone
@4 a5 Q) t3 l& trather than being beat up with fists?2 [- E4 Y8 z0 {: S2 z3 F
do you see the government is beating us up) h% q: X( X9 a: Q$ T
as bad as a knife in our elbows n( y( ]+ O3 x' P* l# f' |) e
as bad as a slur in our ears
# w% @: H; h1 v/ q7 h& U/ @8 aas bad as a rape* |% L1 V9 I! o: X
when we just wanted to be held
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5 z& ?8 d8 |# v% }And all they ask is3 `: r" ^. T0 c6 \0 m* R* s- c
can you work part-time?
) b3 {9 K9 x) T2 l9 M. b# h+ X/ yand what days can't you work?! O7 y$ y+ k9 S
and they say whom do we contact) H$ Q, y, O, T7 A0 e2 f" U+ _
in an emergency?
1 I7 z) X {7 ]% }6 X3 gI said- G9 j1 Y- L K. t9 U, `
cause you need to ask that& s8 k* H* T1 j! k! N$ _( w; ?
constitutes an emergency. G- B0 O' L \- M
The hippie said my name is Hell's Bell's
( e9 s; i4 u" o* H7 V& p: [but you can call me hope
9 ^' V0 \( a; U+ [- Z$ H. T& J, I) LHe said I dug you
6 s6 A, u- Y8 R' _# Y, `; \Now I dig your whole being! @& E( j8 p3 E" P: ~+ O1 G- u
0 ^+ c# S, e* v1 l2 j; T& U8 dIt's strange+ I4 ]9 F4 x: m. R
No matter how many nights I wake up unhappy
, }! T9 f0 U5 e4 \* w/ V' cthere is still a possibility of rising( m* P- E N2 {+ g
into a change so easily
; H. W! T! {+ M T; TThe outlaw lives in a world) f7 ?7 d, j2 }. g. b
where when he sees a mirror7 t+ O3 ?6 A/ b6 t3 ~1 L
he sees a hero. z' m0 D2 ^# N
And all heroes put their bellbottoms on
$ X% n h% c- l+ ^" Y; Lone leg at a time( v8 h, ^/ f* q- F' i; [" t/ C
* Z# m% D: z( e" p+ c' q0 C5 M' jLet's face it+ v" N% R8 z0 T. M/ B( F5 h9 r
How can you trust money when# m( T5 ^4 n u) {8 t
it's politician's faces printed on it
7 o/ Z5 E f! c7 `! k, wMoney is sexist
. I5 x+ @/ ~/ UThe only woman on so called American currency
8 ~6 |7 E5 |; N- V, j* _which is really Turtle Island6 t4 X( O/ B i* b& H, [2 B; c. H$ m
to the Indians is Susan B. Anthony
/ j8 ]1 X7 X; C2 r) dand they stopped making those real fast
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Is money worth killing for?, G9 }% r" m/ A( q9 N
Is money worth dying for?; D0 P" ]2 M, ?8 F/ X
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I ran through the store singing; @0 a9 N3 x% K8 f1 u
about William Blake's eyebrows
0 Q" r, s u+ r% z, j0 {and Walt Whitman's bellybutton9 E7 _ I8 {) w' r0 {
saying everything is alive1 o& Y8 J8 r! g* ~
and everything is sort of adorable
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" z2 \. I6 U. W+ K0 G9 q$ }, [I took paperclips and gave them9 S2 \, H1 \ r8 U$ g9 u
to loving vegetarian families8 b# v2 i. j7 d& E; x0 W0 b
who needed someone
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/ J% [. n# a0 R3 U; qI took the bathroom sink and gave it a hug2 L/ `- ^2 ^2 {5 k
I freed all the rubberbands!+ V" F1 b8 U* e& T) ^
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And I said to all the plastic bags
1 I9 J0 f8 P( ^8 F# `) t7 lI will never burden you
4 S+ U6 N5 k( nwith films weighing you down,
/ B- m+ M* Q [Perry Como cassettes,
* I8 I- M) ?6 G; K2 q3 x/ ?; gor even a piece of Jerry Garcia's beard
. W& L) {$ c' z& U% `Well maybe+ u p% M0 ~" H
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But I will never staple a bag$ L5 P+ ^+ L0 |8 ~4 v3 ]! r% X9 W
for you brought love# s$ l7 g! | d; ?% N! L, {, `6 x
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Most people tell me
z: y; C8 f+ ^/ H/ \) q( ]it was all the pop tarts I ate$ i' N2 b6 A) R5 b5 O
Some people tell me; {3 p' z1 F) v5 K+ v( g* {
it was because I was a liar
( q6 S5 E. q }And I said I'm too honest
+ x: Z$ y* t! y/ K+ w% v( Pto be anybody's best friend
; u& ~: s7 O) t: M$ M" ]- Abut at times nobody believes) i% |% z9 I* k# k
this hippie ever even came by+ N9 C3 ~( ^4 ] f/ d% ^( P$ b! P7 p
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there are
, M- C* n/ ]! K$ O0 Zno lingering peace signs- X/ E" ?2 \. w, h" K9 a* s
no incense
( s- W: \% O, Tno tea bags0 O2 h; |8 C' q2 {& g
no fuck the fuckers pamphlets
, P. y/ l/ G1 o4 H/ n+ D2 B9 Iyet I still can't even believe
d4 j: k% e4 AAbbie Hoffman is dead
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So my strengths and pains
) Y; n/ J& @' Bare in my sense of wonder. Z( m* A/ D" e2 O1 ~9 J
! v5 b- r, }) xAll I know is I don't believe in Z- u1 f! m5 K! ?! `6 l
wearing sandals and argyle socks together
1 ~# G$ a# O) ]' u" @; mAnd when I needed it most, hope was here
% w. f1 d; t/ C0 R0 rchange must not be too far behind4 t9 {0 b/ o: l2 v0 e
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6 R: j8 P9 x$ |; l5 B. S: YEllyn Maybe |
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