March 9, 1996
We sit on the front of a porch,
and she starts singing,
I don't know which way to go from here
I put my hand through a liquid mirror
and I wonder just what I've reached
Is this my blood dripping or
an hallucination?
Guiess it depends if I feel the pain. 1
I just caught you with a strange tease.
I'm not sitting on a porch, I'm in a cafe.
I can't listen to Mia Zapata because she's dead.
I read those lyrics from the cover
of Enter the Conquering Chicken2.
But there's Mia walking through the front door.
She motions for me to have a seat
as she grabs something to drink.
When she settles in across from me
I rattle off questions like a first-time detective.
So, who killed you?
You'll know soon enough.
How will we know?
Always an answer to murder.
I didn't know you. Why are you talking to me?
I sense you want to hear me sing.
I decided to visit you in your poem.
How long will you stay around?
Until I don't need to.
What do you miss most?
She stares me in the face.
I notice a rash around her neck.
She starts to sing.
It's been a long time comin
but I know a change is gonna come.3
1The Gits. Beauty of the Rose from Enter the Conquering Chicken
2Enter the Conquering Chicken; 1993 Fishhead Hotdog Burrito Music, 1994 C/Z Records.
3The Gits. A Change is Gonna Come from Enter the Conquering Chicken, written by Sam Cooke
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