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To The​.​.​.

from Live​-​ish​-​esque by Paulie Lipman

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To the hipster dipshit who took my haircut
for something more than it is

Ayo!
Captain Fixed Gear
Mr. Mustache Handlebars
sucking down overpriced organic micro brews
at the local vegan bar

You cracked spit
your underbreath joke about Zeig Heils
and goosesteps so low only me
and your colonial throwback beard
could hear it

Well, allow me to retort with a coupla facts
that will (hopefully) make you choke on your
red and black pack American Spirit

I'm Jewish,
Russian, Polish, German
and Queer
What say you now, Mister Bluster?
Blew your Howard Zinn/Noam Chomsky quoting, never
actually read either, mind a little bit
didn't it?!

Motherfucker

Now
you might take me for self loathing
forcing myself to look at the bald headed
black boot image I was raised to fear
in the bathroom mirror every morning

Don't read so much into it
Mr Cliff's Notes Un-informed Limp Little Pencil Dick
Spare me your overwrought
first year armchair dream psychology
It ain't that deep, son!
Its a hair cut
Not an ideology

I live cheaply
$30 hair clippers, Ramen, and black
20 pack t- shirts DOES NOT make
a National Socialist, just a
art minded, hard time economist, dearie
And these boots, these
$4 thrift picked
no brand shit kickers with
laces not red or white but black
in fact
they're not even laces, they're $2 a foot
parachute chord

Dipshit

What's that you didn't say?
If I'm not a Nazi, how do I know
about this coded language of laces, braces
and bomber jackets
Well, since you didn't actually bother to ask
I'll tell you, you slackjawed
jackass

Know your enemy
or you're doomed to be conquered again
I can never forget Birkenau, Auschwitz, Dachau, and
the millions and millions of mine
sent to burn down in the ovens
So I don't sweat the uniform, kid
just racist intent, thoughts, and actions

Never again

Awww
narrow your little doe eyes, Bambi
I'm not the huntsman who shot your mother, just
a loud barking, well informed pacifist
Take away from this
at the very least
the one lesson I've learned from 37 years of
hard fought intelligence:
Next time
know what the fuck you're talking about
before you speak

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from Live​-​ish​-​esque, released April 2, 2013

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Paulie Lipman Denver, Colorado

Paulie Lipman has been a part of 8 Denver National Slam Teams(including '04's second place and '06's national champions). His work has appeared in The Legendary, Borderline, and the Write Bloody anthology: The Good Things About America.

In addition to Spoken Word, Pauile is also a musician/composer and is available for hire for commercial/video game/soundtrack work. ... more

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