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Cat Burden

from The Truth is in the Swine by Kermess

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All was quiet by the fireside
When the set quickly collapsed
The white cat curled on the sofa
Suddenly propped to her feet
Horror-struck by a sighted fly
Flitting about brazenly
To the questioning gaze of the wild cat
Answered this appeasing “Just a fly”
That I couldn’t help to utter
Like a fool so unaware
Of the grip I had just lost
Saying that to the weird wild animal
This is no fun anymore
Mewed the white puma on the watch
Do something, we cannot allow
There’s a flying invader in the place
The foolish fly had gone too far
The desperation reached the top
The drama’s witness I was marked
By the majesty of the snow-tiger
The fatal knock fell swiftly, accurate and delicate
Instantly crushed by the lion’s paw
The unwise fly had ceased to fly
The white kitty then proudly turned
With that gaze she gives me daily now
Like a question she can’t even spell
But that I suspect to read
In her noble bearing

Are you stupid?
Are you mad?
Have you lost all your pride?
The time is not so far.
The time you were a cat.

Come on, mew along the cat burden.

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from The Truth is in the Swine, released November 1, 1997

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Kermess Belgium

Kermess a sévi de 1994 à 2000 un peu partout en Belgique mais aussi en France et en Suisse...

Près de 200 concerts boostés à l'adrénaline punk-folk multilingue du groupe où la bonne humeur générale était au rendez-vous. Des ballons et des rouleaux de PQ en guise de guirlandes... Ils ont paratgé la scène de groupes tels que UK Subs, Pigalle, PPz 30, Marcel et son Orchestre, Barking Dogs, etc ... more

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