​christmas card from a scammer in minneapolis

At Christmas, in the basement
Fuzzy memories, it's difficult to place them
Was it peaceful? Were you patient?
With me or the predilection I had for staying
Out of the papers, job placements
Anything that might have taken time away from
All of the scams I was running on the days when
I lacked excuses or the wherewithal to make them
Back in uptown, back to basics
In the fitting room fiddling with the blade's edge
Cut off the tag so I can walk it away and
Take it to everyday people which is adjacent
If they don't want it, I can buffalo exchange it
What if they catch me? Ha, let's face it
I know the cashiers here, they do the same shit
The CEO is an asshole, and the pay's shit

He's always hiring these girls who are in grade ten
I heard that he's gone on record as hating gay men
The way I tend to abstain from making payment?
That's just the way that I'm fighting discrimination

Anyway man, what do you say, then?
I call my guy up, we can go all of the way in
The time's 40 and the shirt- let's say 10
If you've got 20 or 30, that's all it takes man
We can get wasted! Even more wasted than
My EBT and your major in illustration!
This city hates us, more than it loves Prince
White rap, black tar, and the Replacements
Or washed up rock stars who never made it
Talked up so hard and never played since
At all the usual spots here, acting famous
But no one knows who they are in other places
But they can pay rent? well, okay then
I've got a gift card, you think that we can trade it?
My parents got it cuz they thought it was a safe bet
Preventing this was their entire motivation

At Christmas, three of us blazing
In the parking lot of a bar you were DJing
I think the bridge fell, not that day, but
Recent enough that everything still kind of felt strange
Kept getting texts from people asking "are you OK?"
I got this one from this girl who was my roommate
I owe her money cuz of all the times she saved me
Getting my rent when it was way more than a month late
And I moved out without a way for her to get paid
It's been so long since I have even seen her first name
But there it is again - "not trying to make it a thing
Just want to know that no one I know is buried underneath
That giant pile of debris they keep showing on TV"
Now, here we are getting drinks - the floor as clear as can be
None of the regular customers came
You guys are both getting paid
To keep no one entertained
And me, I'm just up here in the booth drinking and taking up space