durga maa at the hardcore show
Content warning: brief mention of sexual harassment.
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- after Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Hulme
she is the eye of the storm
pushing and shoving and stomping
doing the windmill with all ten arms
on beat with the two step
.
at some point in the night, a drunk asshole
will grab a young girl and dig her to the ground
after she tells him to fuck off, calls it just moshing
and she’ll wish that she just stayed home that night
.
but pit mom/pit viper
is always ready for an ambush
one arm to help her children up
another to punch a dick back in his place
.
and when she sneaks back into her room at three in the morning
scrubbing black makeup off her brown skin
she’ll pass by maa’s portrait above the altar
and they’ll laugh, remembering how stupid he looked
knocked out on the floor
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there are cultural references that some may be unfamiliar with. here is a place to get you acquainted with them, but also encourage you to ask questions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk
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