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number of levels. mlyrn ba,s G]rnl~,be[g' s j'emal'ka~'lje ,~biUty t!l b~~mg people trill,_--:'hrlt I c,--,"'o ~;e'les~' -:~e- --::: scefie- 'Uke the Cl,k,;, if.\Sl~[~, is 'II-:--:-!tf,d~,:t!.lJsl- cli;:-u~;h,-

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ar~, , ~-_~y]i, rs hwe p~~n~' W"e~~' 'p:~uame,_ unes ~~~~t~lDJ!y meer, ,nt :~', le $~me tune,

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:neSl'a: has 'l'aS~ hew' iEIJ~o the 'll,aJ~]().,nal spo~'[Lgh.t:r :arrn-d she's, p'r(Ui\1\e~ lijP to 't~e t~sl-\' touring ]'e1e[1lJtle~:sly" da_zzJilnl~' audience's in ever 15 cities 'in the 'p<a5E' six months (bath om the s,poike::n wmf,d: lit~:IliC!J.W~C .aDd in more b3d~HoiDl3,'1 'Ve~l!i~es).,

~L1mJ{ jlollurn~'~lS~\5' 'I~lren the IcoTItemp'o~,airy ,spoken wtdlpQeby. ;s'~am, :phenom~ enen to .t~e_ :Oeah., ~is., eomparisen bmvever is deeply- :A~~W"ed; The' 'Meats WClre'

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I1];Oll1e' interestee ~.i!)] tugn scores rrom the ~,~.ngOri"Ly cnosen rUqgt'$ tn~~ ~p-e~~tng:

the hiU.]~h.., Ely" Maybe, is the exception ~($ the rule. The J;~ct is, $,[i:Ue mla.y be more ~ned t'!:'talh IGin~bef;g ,~~ his. ~a]['U,ciinla.ting; p~l's,. Her work is. hned with outstand~. 'i:i1;sights, ar.re8ting' i'5il!11Jj~&~~I' aJ~ii hy~ttef,ie~.] 'Wor.cl. p~~.yi' all hu ,im lVOi,c~ '~hait is ,entiille.1y ~er rum), deifyin:g the gravilty oJ 8,te[.eQty,~s,.

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~Oilimllleo.IlU;:, ca.e :In~o tne LMU" ;tUlI;1!JI enam

record store I 'work at

,l!Imdl said '1iID[lI' 'ba~~

a 'Waitl!te !o~ :p'iastIJC;

:He' 8a~d, res. 'iii' il Jli

III S!'ThLe:Il:l!i.

I d~(~~m ,~f' Tom '\¥f:l:I,h :6.~rp.a~n'ti'n;g mig_h.'t.b!!1]UlS on my 'h,o'~~dary Wfe8'th and I'm lew,ishj! preUy weird huh?

I 'celitiib:r~te l'i[1!(Y -"f:i.m,~s ~ldh.day' 'W,ilt'h, 3, p'ClJr.ad~: of dancing de adhe ads, some who never. sleep and some

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WuO n~'e[ g:o 'i\! . _ e Uail~!liJ!f(ijOIJll,.

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M~ t,~o'k. ()fIl1j~ a b~aiU1Jie put it ora, his head and began to chant,

Th~~, deJinit:ely turned rile on .. All of a sudden he' began, h) :sing

~h~ minimum w,age. W~(IJ"~~]'~.:~ 3~j]Jg ~'tihe wnUs, are fu]f o({ 'f~e~s ~,

the m]ni~:mBnS .aJr~' full of moon

the b.i,t[')c:r 'bite the: hands th~t 'feed. thern the ~'ood is a :m:b::til!!lrli,e of b~m:iJ!Sr blood. afil:d. sfiiai~,$

!Fm1J::Ul is ,i3l c~n[~iha'i _ ~'

I said 'WOw~ r~iI,l are the sod or gury'

\vb.~, savs ]'[ --:h'~; i"iI ~ "c'iiflJd 're·'li~~~: ,,:'~ ':", ~, it ., __ (\i _ '1 ~ ~ -.g~ ~,~, v,n, :a~ ~-, '~' - !;l!~-.r m"",aWili ~ - •

You. :p,F~ib~,M,y' Qn~y drink the miU of soc~a]~,y co;n~<i~O!lJ]~· cows

, ,h: 'Vcl'''ed! Ie: )-<: ~"1-.~'r 'S-'''i~k! 'N:-:h ,'d, 'V~-I , ~,

w_ 0 _'~I_ _ IU'S!L!'J" I!., ~" .alS, aIL ~,(\iU~

for :pm',e·~i)d~liiIit.

I became the JBJcla~Q.m follat£'l of feminism,

ill' ,1,;i,.'f"""'IJ! 'P, ""lOOn'''' Af' 'f'iII'~:~"""'.ge', '" ,e'''M''i~.'"" ,,'L .... ""'" ~

,lJj. [.ll.'I-."" rI l , ~ u, uu lL..a 19, _" .. ,...~, I:~,~~I~_

I was a ~3!n W[!l[P ~dl~nfified. .

wft11 :B~me 'Hclid3:Y ,and &nest ,H~m~ml,gwatY" I wa:s: a ~!r3\'\e']e:r.

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a.V311.'~~g,aTde. :5itSlmp ICornr,ecbmrs

d '['iii '~1~ o!i, 1

an, ~' rreu S ,nnge s,

~]l\l'l~omtors :ai~l.

'Vie bowl whetil.e¥e]"· the Iuck the spir,it moves "8,

Wir'b allY ]~c'k: ~'1J be' p'~aring ti]}e

N~w A,g~ ~~e:rsfi)]~Ir;d car salesman ]~~g,ii!ile ~ga'i:lil, re~l SoOn_

fli:p,t,e'$ ,alma 'New A$ peop!]e are '~fk,'e

the d.iff~re~ice b~:h¥(;~en. Bob ny'~,an and Bob Hope.

He: smned airilld ~a;~d clk~ you ,,,,ant 'to b-OW[? We are de6[11j[bdy ,onrto ~;[r.D:k:es

for the bettermenr Oi[ the' "'VrJrke:u-",

''!j1li il' d '16 ~] 'L

V"ve iIilIet' someone w~~o !DO~S

like she oOl!Jld wgJ]lk into the W~()d8,

and find incense without geU~l[i!Jg poison ivy" You look like Valn M ~)li'Irj !Il~ID

, -when ~y~1l] pout 'yo:~r ,[ips. ~,

y ®1l] could !be' a pa~:t ~~' the bt.-he~ ~ son ar~,d,

U1e' hoJy gih,oSlt meshuganeh ,ath~ehc :Ieag,ueBesides I love \;'UlJ.

;r.

I 8.t~rb:;d [C), weiep.

TeaTS of Bas :MttzvolIlh cake

and tears (lif 'bei~g' the last kid picked for :~,eld hocler in gym class,

AD.the]]~ic tears.

Noho~lf" ever s~idl aM tflliltt' to me ibef~Jl'e'.

111 T lV ,.J 'f d 'h 'Ii" M" .; 'I

III gue$~, .Il iI1i.~[iI;l~, or '. 1[[11 nave "~' am ," ornson SI mOtit _1,;

'Ii I 1fIL" h ._,l, ," - .c -~ :t.. --'I' Y-I--' til' iI-' ,- 1'7

'!'y u_y , aon t ~:nyLilocy e, er neneea,

'W ~a:id 1: love 'you.

B~t, ev~ry' ,frec' mo:m,ent I mOOi1]j,g~t ,:;!It

1:':1' 'V" 'IL a . Jf"'i ·U-

r: '4lI.uy l1'..iF~,SiUIil,a . ·,'rg,a;rnc '!I.......on~u.re£

d T' e' 11 -

aI1l! '" 'ea: ~')anl'n,.

vVe 'ij;~~

'nil) chemtcill~ no dyes

ne S~P[,8jys

'!],O' oomb~

no br.uS:he~

Hell, y~1LJj Um):k IPretl~y much the same gning: out as golng m,

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,532 • E.L.,lYN MAYBE

:ferr~ Como eassettes,

o.r even ,CIj piece of le["[',ll Garc:iat8 be~~,~l W;cd~ maybe. ,-

But 1 win never 51brp[e a haJI :for you br(nLIJ,g',~l't Jove.

Most people 'be,n me

:i.'~' W,al~, aU ~'lle pop' ~arl'~ I' aJ~e.

Some people td~ 'me:

.it lila S because :m- was a liar; And. :~' saId ~:/m too honest

~o be ,8iml0bQ~f s best f'rie[IDd, ,But ,aJt twme$ 'n,ohoay believes,

hi hi - 1b

,- -. 'I .". 'J'_ . , ..•.. I "I', '.

t lLS ,,1p'pl,e ever ~veFJJ came , -r.Y.

TI.!I,lfJe are

'~ I I. u

no ,I,mgeung peace s'<!g;ns

no meense

ThO tea ba,~~

no hick the mc'ker~ :p~.np,h~et8 1( et I s:~m CaiJ{t eyeD believe

Abb~e :H'of,fman ~$ de;aJd.

So my .sti['en~t'~s and ~i~~,

are in 'my sense: of 'Wlo[ll!d:e!lJ"., ,AU I know is l don:tt believe in

~a!ring sandla]:s and ,;rrgy]e socks togetl:UieJ., J\nd when :I: needed ]:t, most, hope was: 'here. Ch~!l!iJ~ [[1JLilIS~ [l]Jotlt' 'be too faJ[ behind ..

Today' 5 :r~,ewcS is t'~~t, ~'COl'pUS C1tri~;t.i~ 1'i

~ T .r;i']"enDe' MeN'aUy pla,Y '[ha,t depicts .Jes,lJJ~ almJd his di$cj',pJeoS as ,gay

camtt be Sh't)WTI in N~w Y ork ~![Jf fear (i!!1; CbTjS,tb.lit1l.~t

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