Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 32-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Arsenal
I feel too much like some woman, any woman, that some guy is trying to pull one over on. Transparent deception.
And I want to say, “Grasshopper, where’s your integrity?”
I have learned that repelling men is more important than attracting them, and in my arsenal of repelling I have:
1. Being distant
2. Being friendly
3. Being myself
4. Not being myself
I have been selecting men from the clear blue spaces. Blue, blue spaces. If you hadn’t called me sweetheart when the lights were low. I keep holding on. Holding. Holding.
Blue, blue spaces.
“Arsenal” from the album The Observer (Kill Rock Stars, 2006) (download):
