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A cross around the neck
isn't enough to protect
you from other people's fear.

Something as innocent as lipstick
makes a mother go ballistic
because of what she holds dear.

People believe what they're told if you tell him enough times.
His mother believed like everyone else in a million lies
like boys should be boys and not a sisbiscuit,
singing and dancing and wearing lipstick. It should be resisted.

Somewhere people got it in their heads
that reality would be ripped to shreds
by a mother's mistakes.

How easy to burn the whole world down
just by letting a boy dream of gowns.
Is that all it takes?

You can pray for forgiveness for imaginary sins.
Aspire to be Sandy Duncan, a one-eyed pixie eating wheat thins.
Paint your Pinewood Derby car Liza Minelli green;
assume your mother was taken by aliens whenever she turns mean.

The truth is scary isn't it.
The truth is every innocence.
The truth is every child's instinct.
You don't need a three-dollar shrink
to tell you you are enough
and go-go boots feel like marshmallow fluff.

Sex in the pool was innocent.
Sex in the window was innocent.
Your mother's fear was innocent.
Your father was clueless and innocent.
Tango, you're innocent.
It's not your fault.
The luxury of normalcy needs to be for all.

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from Bushwick Book Club presents Justin Bond's TANGO, released March 11, 2013

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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