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The Bare Essential Blues

from Queerantine by Tawni Marshall

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I've got those essential blues.
I'm part of an essential crew.
The bosses say I gotta stay on my toes,
but they don't pay enough for me to buy new shoes.

You know back before this was the Rona,
when they were still calling it the flu,
I still didn't have enough groceries
to be sure I was gonna make it through.
I'm paranoid my throat is scratchy
while I'm talking those bare essential blues.

I've got those essential blues
protecting what's too essential to lose,
keep that cash changing hands,
keeping that line moving through.

They still expect me to come running
every time I hear that bell ring,
but now there's an invisible gun to my head
I'm still paid the same fucking thing.
But now they put me in a place of honor
and pretend that it's a place I'd choose.
and I know that they're not listening
while I'm talking them bare essential blues.

I got those essential blues.
I'm part of an essential crew.
The bosses say I gotta stay on my toes
but they don't pay enough for me to buy new shoes.

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from Queerantine, released May 16, 2020

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