One ten-year-old was found after three weeks
In a snowdrift ten feet from his door
Some fell asleep in their cars
And awakened no more
Twenty-five people died shoveling snow
-Have that done by somebody you hate-
A hundred and sixty-six looters arrested... but wait!
I spent the Blizzard of '78 on a commune in northern Vermont
With all the Isaac Asimov anybody could want
Music was very much not allowed
So we said, Hey kids, let's start a band
Proof that Ganesh loves us: there was no tape deck at hand
(The first band I'd had was called 1 1/2
We were a duo, technically
So if Tonto's Expanding Head Band was a band, so were we)
I spent the Blizzard of '78 on a commune in northern Vermont
With all the Ursula Le-Guin anybody could want
I played guitar, Chris played tin cans, Carolyn played tambourine
Chris was eleven, Carolyn twelve, I thirteen
We called ourselves the Black Widows. We weren't the last, nor the first
But we were, almost certainly, by far the worst
We made the Cramps sound orchestral. That's an achievement, I guess
As for rehearsal, we made the Shaggs sound like Yes
I spent the Blizzard of '78 on a commune in northern Vermont
With all the Roger Zelazny anybody could want
It was hell!
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