Thread: Metaphors/Images in Songs You Wish Were Yours
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Unread 04-23-2017, 10:11 PM
Julie Steiner Julie Steiner is offline
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Suzanne Vega, telling it slant in 1987's "Ironbound / Fancy Poultry":

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Fancy poultry parts sold here
Breasts and thighs and hearts
Backs are cheap
And wings are nearly free
I find that devastatingly mundane, in context.
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