cover collage walter beckers copyright 2001 the 22 year old cassius ...

EXISTENCE ALL FUTURE CREDIT AS IF I WERE DRAWING A
RENAISSANCE BUILDING CONDITIONED BY JACQUES
HERZOG & PIERRE DE MEURON IN DOWNTOWN NEW
YORK ONLY THREE STORES HIGH FULLY SQUARE TO
ACCENTUATE A VAN DOESBURG IMPRESSION ON THE
OUTSIDE ALTHOUGH THE INSIDE OF MY BUILDING WILL
HAVE NO FLOORS ONLY ONE VAST AREA WHICH MAKES
IT A MARCEL BREUER-LIKE ALL WHITE BOX READY TO
CONFUSE THE NEXT GENERATION OF VISITORS FINALLY
LISTENING TO THE MUSIC OF KEITH JARRETT
ACCOMPANIED BY ALL JARREAU SINGING NEXT TO A
SINGER SEWING MACHINE REPLACING THE BORING VINYL
I WANT ALL THE WALLS TO BE PAINTED OLD ENGLISH
WHITE WHICH COLOUR WAS INTRODUCED IN 1952 ON THE
JAGUAR XK 120 NOW EXPOSED AT COYS WITHOUT
DOORS SO YOU JUST CAN WALK INSIDE THE MAGIC
SPORTSCAR IF YOU KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE I MEAN IF
YOUR NEUROSES ALLOW YOU NOT TO SPIT ON THE
MAHOGANY DASHBOARD OR THE CONNOLLY LEATHER
AS NEITHER YOU NOR ME WANT TO BE BETRAYED BY
OUR MUTUAL CONSCIENCE YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT
EVERY DAY IN NEWSPAPERS WHATEVER THEY TITLE ON
THE FRONT-PAGE AS ANOTHER ATTEMPT AGAINST POOR
CIVILIZATION BY WHICH MEANS OUR HIDDEN
PERSUADERS TRY TO MAKE XL SIMPLE MINDS OF US
SPYING ON THE CONTROVERSIAL LOOKS OF SINEAD
O'CONNOR A MIRROR INTO A FURTHER STADIUM OF
SOPHISTICATION YOU NEVER TELL YOUR SHRINK ABOUT
SINCE SERIOUS DRAMATIC SCENES OCCUR IN YOUR
BATHROOM EXPECTING LIONS OR COBRAS MOST OF THE
TIME BETWEEN 03.00 AND 05.00 AM YOU FEEL AS IF YOU
ARE ARCHITECTURED IN A BLOCK OF CONCRETE
DROPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER THAMES
WHERE WE FIND ENDLESS TIME TO DISCUSS THE LAST
HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT I CAN EXPLAIN YOU HOW
BEWILDERED I WAS BY THE DESINTEGRATION OF SUCH
ICONS AS JOE LOUIS & MOHAMMAD ALI GROGGY
FOREVER OF BEING BATTERED WHILE BATTERING THE
OPPONENT WHO NEITHER COULD BE OF ANY HELP TO
SET FREE THEIR SHAKEN MIND IN ACCURATE JOURNEYS I
HAVE BEEN LONGING DURING EXTRAVAGANT PERIODS I
COULD INVENT SUPPOSITIONS IT WAS FINALLY HERMANN
HESSE IN STEPPENWOLF WHO I NEEDED TO EXPRESS MY
NEED FOR VITAMINS IMPRISONED I FELT BEHIND A
TRANSPARENT WALL ALTHOUGH I SAW ALREADY MOST
OF WHAT SHALL HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT BY
THEN I COULD NOT EXPLAIN IT YET PROBABLY BECAUSE
OF MY POOR RELATION WITH SOCIALIZING AS INSTEAD I
HAD BEEN RUNNING MARATHONS TO MAKE ME RELATE
TO TIME AS A PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE FINDING
SATISFACTION AT EVERY FINISHLINE AN ABSTRACT
PHENOMENON OF ODD EMPTINESS WHICH MAKES MY
REMAINING TIME LOOK SILLY ON A STOPWATCH I CAN
ACTIVATE WHENEVER I WANT TO FIND NEW LUCK DIVING
IMMEDIATELY INTO NEW GOALS TOWARDS WHAT I
PROSPECT AHEAD OF ME PICTURING A SAMPLED
SENSATION OF SPEED TO SEE ONLY MY POLISHED SHOES
HURRYING THROUGH THIS UNKNOWN CITY ENTERING
LOUNGES AND BARS I NOTIFY THAT MY RAINCOAT IS
WALKING WITHOUT ME UNTIL I ARRIVE AT THE NEXT
BUSSTOP I KEEP MY EYES OPEN TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE
STEP ONTO THE BUS BUT MY ATTEMPT TO JOIN THEM IS
USELESS I CAN NOT OPEN MY MOUTH TO ASK THEM TO
WAIT FOR ME TO DELIVER ME AT THE OPERA HOUSE
WHICHEVER ONE THAT WILL BE ANY OPERA HOUSE WILL
DO WHATEVER THE CITY IN WHICH I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN
EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT TO PERFORM THIS
MONOLOGUE WHEN I WAKE UP IT SEEMS I AM HOSTED BY