“Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power they say
"I'm on your side when nobody is, cause nobody is.
Come sit right here and sleep while I slip poison in your ear"”

— St. Vincent (musician)

"Paris Is Burning"
Paris Is Burning (2006)

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