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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Craigslist Ads and the New Wave Songs That Love Them #6

Number 6 -- now with added Ska

Missed Connections

You -- all jittery and paranoid, on a twitchy, coke-fueled bender that left your narcissism intact.

Me -- Looking for salvation for my past sins, wanting to explain the extenuating circumstances, knowing you'd listen if you could take your mind off yourself for two, maybe two and a half minutes.

You weren't hot enough to keep staring at yourself to the point where you didn't even notice me. Or were you staring at my reflection behind you?