In this city of cosmopolitan cattle, sprawling like a network of bulging veins or a patch of inflamed hair follicles ringing a rectum, every other road lies in a thicket of cones and construction equipment. Each day I play a dull game, two tired games of chance, rather; will my sole means of conveyance go up in a cloud of black smoke, will I get caught in a traffic jam so thick it turns my car into a jar of sickening preserves.
"Every half-wit has written and read more texts and posts and comments than all the letters in The Library of Babel." Since it's an infinite library with an unending number of letters, it could be said that's not strictly true, but I do get what you mean.
Still, what are you gonna do? Stay schtum like a prophet with no more prophecies in a dusty ole desert? Gotta post, man, gotta post...
This is a really interesting piece here, combining myriad ideas into something coherent and harmonious in its variety. The line most impressionable to me was: "The more you talk about something, the more you kill it; until it’s so dead, all that’s left to do is talk about it some more." It really does feel like sometimes, when people speak about a topic yet never act on it, they are just talking about it to death.
"Every half-wit has written and read more texts and posts and comments than all the letters in The Library of Babel." Since it's an infinite library with an unending number of letters, it could be said that's not strictly true, but I do get what you mean.
Still, what are you gonna do? Stay schtum like a prophet with no more prophecies in a dusty ole desert? Gotta post, man, gotta post...
Terrific stuff. I dare say I like the cut of your jib. Or is it jibe?
“Cosmopolitan cattle” is awesome. Also a great band name.
This is a really interesting piece here, combining myriad ideas into something coherent and harmonious in its variety. The line most impressionable to me was: "The more you talk about something, the more you kill it; until it’s so dead, all that’s left to do is talk about it some more." It really does feel like sometimes, when people speak about a topic yet never act on it, they are just talking about it to death.
Boredom and anxiety, the dual monarchy. Absolutely. Wonderful stuff, CC. I wish you further productive insomnia.
I love these, I hope you don’t mind me saying. This is my bracing energy drink to go out and face the vacuum.