Gadling Poetry

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GayBoi Colors
A Collaboration Spoken Word Album
Track 3
Paint The Town
Lyrics:
Gadling Poetry
Music: Ross Ezra
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Lyrics:

Its November 22nd, 2022
I'm dressing up for the night
And the news is playing a clip on
Colorado springs

Stop me, if you've heard this one
A g*nm*n, walks into a g*ybar
Every punchline delivered
Straight to our guts
Each headline a strip
cut from our flags
every year a rerun
As our numbers plummet
Our safe houses
Turn hunting ground

When g*nfire erupts
Over euphoria
Does it make a sound?
Does the muzzle flash
Blend with the hot lights
Bl**d on the dance floor
And we slip in the rhythm
of this daily routine

When all we have is our gogo boots
And our hope that maybe
We can be tenacious enough to live
In any crevice capable of holding Soil
Any place where we wont
Be stepped on too much

And I can buy rainbow boxers
At target
I can get pride flags at
The gap
I can watch bi teen witches
Kiss on daytime d*sney television
And try to ignore the story
Of two unarmed patrons
Against a bigot in armor

So many of us left
our homes that night
Most of us just
Wanting to dance

What does it say
About us q***rs
That with d*ath as the barback
And glass like glitter in our hair
We still open our hearts to the music
Still choose to dance with our devils
Until the final call
Until the lights come up

And if we go out
We will go out
Like it's our last night on earth
Over and over
And over again
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