IT’S A CRUEL WORLD FOR SMALL THINGS. PARTICULARLY IN AMERICA.
I PICKED UP A CUP YESTERDAY IN A 7ELEVEN IN BOSTON AND IT WAS AS BIG AS MY HEAD. I FOUND THAT A LITTLE DISTURBING. I FELT LIKE A 2 YEAR OLD CHILD HOLDING HIS FATHER’S BEER GLASS. AS I TURNED AROUND I BECAME DIZZY IN THE ORGY OF REVOLTING PRODUCTS. ROW AFTER ROW OF SUGAR, FAT AND PRESERVATIVES. I KNOW THIS IS EVERYWHERE IN THE WEST SO I AM NOT POINTING FINGERS AND ADMITTEDLY IT WAS THE ONLY OPTION AT 11PM ON A SUNDAY EVENING. THE NEXT DAY WE ENTER A WHOLEFOODS STORE AND I AM IN HEAVEN. THERE IT IS AGAIN, THAT LOVE YOU, HATE YOU FEELING I GET WHEN I COME HERE.
SO WE ARE BACK IN THE LAND OF THE FREE. ONLY WE DON’T FEEL SO FREE AFTER OUR INTENSE ANTI-TERROR GRILLING COMING THROUGH CUSTOMS. I THINK THE OFFICER WHO STOPPED US WAS JUST A NAZI THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT HOME IN ANY FASCIST DICTATORSHIP. BUT SOMETIMES ONE MUST WONDER ABOUT THE KIND OF COUNTRY ONE IS LIVING IN. POLITICIANS REPLACE TYRANTS, BANKS REPLACE CARTELS. LOOKING AT THE TV HERE IN MY HOTEL ROOM I AM EXHAUSTED BY THE LYING. BUY THIS IT IS THE BEST AND IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER THESE PEOPLE ARE HONEST AND REAL AND YOU SHOULD TRUST THEM. IF THEY ALL DROPPED THE PAINFUL BULLSHIT AND SAID IT LIKE IT IS I WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BUY IN. IN THE MEANTIME I FEEL LIKE SLOWLY DISTANCING MYSELF FROM THIS SURFACE, CRIPPLED WORLD.
RUN RUN RUN AND KEEP RUNNING.
IF YOU DON’T LAUGH, YOU CRY.
I COME BACK TO THE REASON OF ALL THIS RAMBLING. WE NEED TO MOBILIZE OURSELVES KIDS. COME WITH ME. GIVE ME A SIGN, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH. WHERE ARE YOU IN THESE FRAGILE TIMES? I AM WAITING.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS HUGE COIN IS THE WARMTH AND SINCERITY OF YOU AMIS. I CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON STAGE AND SEE YOU AGAIN. UNTIL TONIGHT.