always playing aide-de-camp; socio-technical quotient far outstrips its political quotient; cratered bromides, pockmarked and punched through by carve-outs and concessions; seeking some sort of no-miracles settlement amidst the commotion; the sundial that marks the outside sunny hours only; so true to its date and so false to its subject; a bit like the corpse having to drive the hearse;
that is purely gestural and deeply destructive; only happiest with the work he’s defaced; jumping in with berserk ideas before fading out; the welfare state replaced by the save-yourself-if-you-can mentality of the-only-thing-between-you-and-death-is-you; when the juice is no longer worth the squeeze; on the edge of the burn pit;
some are so proficient at describing the water we’re drowning in; akin to Nestlé commercializing water and selling it back; a touch more panic-room chic, shall we?; what a sham(e) in today’s omnipresent binary of Oppressor/Oppressed; that chance is vanishingly small; self-important things were better in the past; grandiose proclamations followed by appalled second looks;
otherwise, sofa realism waiting for (my words) the general strike
WHEN COMPLEX IS AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS 