It is important to establish peace
under the arch of Man’s history. I thought
I might flinch; yet I did not. No, Sir.
People tell me what the big secret is;
but it remains; or call it a mystery
and no one knows the answer – I don’t care.
A soldier dying in foreign countries.
Your mood feels poisoned moments later,
seems pornographic.
Negligence
can stimulate bodies into coma,
leaving minds free to uncoil themselves;
but it’s all metaphor, really. Nature
is often unpredictable. Join me,
everyone, come together and talk cliché.
--
Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
Ford: Yes.
Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or something?
Ford: If you like.
Bartender: Would it help?
Ford: Not at all.
Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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