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Talkin' Anniversary Blues

I can't believe a year's gone by
since you told me you couldn't be with me
cuz you loved me too much
and we had one last dance to Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
and then you kissed me and then you left
Sarah McLaughlan. Took me five months to listen to that album again

A year since we went out to LA for Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk
in the elevator you pushed my hand away
and I felt something inside my brain go thunk
Homophobia. Internalized.

But now i've got perspective, see
365 days of thinkin' it through
and I realize I'm still pissed off
even though I'm over you
I'm pissed off at the right-wing thugs and their evil, fanatic perjury
seems half this country could use a kind of special plastic surgery
Christ-o-suction

Now, don't get me wrong
he had a pretty groovy world view
and was one of the greatest teachers by far
but it gets annoying when all I hear some people saying is
"What Would Jesus Do?"
and I'm like
what, for a Klondike bar?

And then I think
What WOULD Jesus do
if he were to come back and visit someday
to see his words twisted and mangled and used for violence
I think he'd turn over in his grave
Or maybe rise above it
It's almost Easter, I guess we'll see

And speaking of Easter, did you know it started out
as a Pagan celebration of nature's rebirth
the Goddess Esther, she sound familiar?
It was a time to give thanks to our great mother Earth
But some folks are real good at appropriation
and making us slowly forget about life
the way it was before their translation
when they conveniently forgot the first name of Lot's Wife
and that Lilith came before Eve
and that God is love, and that means ALL love
even that between Adam and Steve
or between you and me

So, yeah, everyone's entitled to their own opinion
and I don't wanna start a fight
but I know, at least in this case
I'm right

copyright Arjuna Greist 1999