-
I came across a stack of old badges
and invitations to furry parties
“Wear your tails” one said with quotations
from someone cool, a famous artist
in the nineteen eighties...
When you’re young, you find inspiration
in anyone whose ever gone
and opened up a closing door
she said “we were never feeling bored”
- “‘cause we were never being boring
we had too much fun to fight amongst ourselves
and we were never being boring
we dressed up in fur and
our fur made us friends
and we were never holding back,
or worried that,
those times would come to an end”
When I went, to my first convention
with lots of cash, and some trepidation
someone said, “If they’re not careful
we’ll have nothing left, and nothing to care for”
in the nineteen nineties...
Taken aback, I kept moving forward
my tail was high, and I had a cause
I bolted past an open door
I would often find myself feeling floored
- ‘Cause we were never being boring
we had so much fun and found our true selves
and we were never being boring
we dressed up in fur and
our fur made us friends
and we were never holding back,
or worried that,
time would come to an end
we were always hoping that, looking back,
you could always say furs were your friends
Now I sit, with different faces
in rented rooms, in faraway places
all the people they were squicking
none are here, all are missing
in the nineteen nineties...
I never dreamt that I would get to be
the creature that I always meant to be
but I thought, in spite of dreams
they’d be cool with hanging here with me...
- ‘Cause we were never being boring
we had too much fun to fight amongst ourselves
and we were never being boring
we dressed up in fur and
our fur made us friends
and we were never holding back,
or worried that,
time would come to an end
we were always hoping that
looking back,
you could always say furs were your friends
and we were never being boring
we were never being bored
‘cause we were never being boring
we were never being bored...
-
I came across a cache of old postings
And net discussions from teeming chatrooms
Drico’s right, one said with quotations
From Dot Music, a famous forum
In the 1990s
Young Leanne, she found inspiration in
Anyone who’s ever gone
And posted up what’s on their mind
She would never have survived on Sky
- Coz we were never being censored
We had so much time to fight amongst ourselves
And we were never being censored
We posted and fought and thought to make amends
And we we’re never getting banned
Worried that
The fun would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back
Knickers from Cly would be sent
When we went, we left for a Hostboard
Message board, and much consternation
JJ said: Dot’s design is awful
We can’t delay here
We’ll have nowhere to post on
But for Stevie P-S-B
So we set off, and looking forward
Our hopes were high and spirits soared
We’d bolted from a Web eyesore
But we would never settle on Hostboard
- Coz we were never being censored
We had so much time to fight amongst ourselves
And we were never being censored
We posted and fought and thought to make amends
But we preferred statistical bars
Avatars
Cartoon web site design
We were never happy till
We lost free will
And freedom of thought was a crime
Now they sit
With guilty faces
In empty rooms
And boring places
All the posters
They are missing
Some are banned
Yet some are kisking
The dictator’s foul rear-end
I never though that I would get to see
The sorry state,
Of this community
For I thought, in spite of me
We’d be freely discussing P-S-B
- But we are happy being censored
We want no real time to fight amongst ourselves
And we are happy being censored
We kiss ass and talk about catching crabs
But we are never getting banned
Flamed or slammed
We have nothing to fear
We are always hoping that
We’ll stay bland
And continue to kiss Master’s rear.
And we are happy being censored
WE’RE DROWNING IN OUR DROSS
And we are happy being censored
COZ WE DON’T GIVE A TOSS...
p. 54
Merril Bainbridge’s cover.
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