be sure to read the next post down, cuz you might be interested in it… i don’t know.
anyway, I was just looking through Andrew Schwab’s poetry book, “We Caught You Plotting Murder,” and one of the things in it caught my attention that hasn’t before, and I dunno why. But anyway, I think it’s really cool, so I thought I’d post it here. Anyway, if you like it, I think the book is like $8 now, which is less then what it was when I bought it… it’s worth it. Anyway, you can get it at www.sundaymassconsumption.com
So here it is:
“Rush Hour Remedy,” by Andrew Schwab
“When the subject of murder comes up I always consider it a little pointless. Consider Joe: He owns his own fate, doesn’t he? I mean, he financed a new life to erase the memory of his old one. He bought a new status , with a new car, and a new mate, with a new child. He purchased a new outfit to wear, in fact an entirely new outfit to remind him that he is not what he used to be. And day by day he takes his new pills, with his new diet, to find a new life that he just can’t seem to get his hands on. Work through the week to buy the weekend, to buy a drink, to buy a new vacation, to buy some new escape that only lasts until Monday. Joe will look back on all of this some day. He will look back when he is so tired of running, when he realizes he didn’t have enough speed to pull away for good. He will look back when he realizes he didn’t drink enough to make himself disappear. When the sweet medicine wears off his brain he will awake. Shall we leave Joe to collect himself when he comes to? Is there any need to take his life from him? I think not. He’s killing himself anyway.”
[edit: totally unrelated to the above… how come Nintendo is doing really awesome stuff with the Game Boy Advance, but their console system sucks beyond all things that suck? Check this out.