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Family Dollar

from Recess by Mikel Rouse

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Family Dollar

I’m updating Apps on my phone.
Is it itchin’? Liquid skin. Artificial skin.
Eat my advertisement and don’t think twice
Love through music and love through vice
Bright as nothing and nothing nights
Shooting down the dead satellites

I don’t know what it’s called but I’ve heard it that
referred to as liquid skin and artificial skin
and I don’t know…
The maintenance of success
Shooting down the dead satellites

Early on we had a bad tick problem
but then it got cool and I think that helped alleviate it
and then it got so dry. That helped. So I don’t know.
See early on dad would go out and you know be out in the yard
mowing or weed eating or whatever
and he’d come in and
he’d say, “Is that a tic on me”?
And I’d pull I don’t know how many of
those little seed tics off of him.

Well, you know I trapped one. Took him off to the river.
What’s Apps? An application. Oh. Then they came back
and then one day they just disappeared. Don’t get comfortable.
I quit putting out hummingbird feed for one thing.
They have them in Kansas City too is all I’m saying.
I don’t worry about it ‘cause I don’t get into it anyway.
Dad’s got nine. Everything’s modern in Kansas City.

We got enough money to have a good time.
What’s his is mine and what’s mine is mine.
I said, “Well, when I see you, you can retrieve it”.
Maybe it’s choice and maybe it’s fine. Are you homeless?
Maybe it’s the choice of phrases in time.
The Arkansas line they had thousands of utility poles down.
Maybe it’s socialized baseball. What is that thing?

This is the birthplace of rock ‘n roll music.
It is the only the most important room
in all of rock ‘n roll history.
Sun Studio. This is where all these guys got their start.
I said I read the book and I can’t figure it out.
Normally, used to, I could read the book
and do anything like that.
I’m trying to figure out it’s all symbols, you know.
And I said I hadn’t figured it out.
Well the book is… it’s the same book.

Michael’s milk cow done died
Michael‘s milk cow done died
Love is all you see loving family
Family dollar
He said we’ll have them set the clock
and I said no he said
well why I said well this is January
and the time’s gonna change in March.
So I just adjust it in my mind and that’s it.

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from Recess, released December 7, 2010

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Mikel Rouse New York, New York

Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer and recording artist hailed as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” (NY Times 2002) His works include 25 records, 7 films (including Funding and Music For Minorities), and a trilogy of media operas: Failing Kansas, Dennis Cleveland and The End Of Cinematics. ... more

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