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 33-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Dead bird’s feet
mounted on the wall
they don’t have a right side up
they don’t have an up side down
they were something else
now they’re on the wall
on the wall
Wanting conflict to be neat
we name the opposition
forever it will be the things they do
that are wrong
that are wrong
Men hate women
making it easy for women to hate men
women hate men
making it easy for men to hate women
men to hate women
We are handing out stiff starched pajamas
to sex offenders
in concrete halls
We are wincing and creating opinion
slamming steel doors
and turning in the breeze
in the breeze
of right and wrong
of right and wrong
outside where air is pure
air is pure
air is pure
Right and wrong
outside
outside where air is pure
air is pure
“Dead Bird’s Feet” from Water Cuts My Hands (K, 1991) (download):
