Elvis vs. Kiss

"Every metal band has to have its name written in lightining bolts on their album covers."
-Wes Chester

I break the packet of salt in half
and dump it on the booth table

I tell my cousin that Elvis is a phoney

I tell her that Elvis is fat and overweight and a disgrace to music and she,
who owns elvis albums and posters and knows the words to his fucking songs
believes me

Elvis never grew old
even if they can prove it on video
(everybody knows it isn't real)
Elvis is young
and he lives forever

I wish I had a mask to wear
I wish that I could have my name explode in light
as a million drugged youth scream out my immortality