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

BEEN SAID ABOUT ANDY WARHOL'S PLATINA WIG WHICH
FOR TOO LONG WAS REGARDED AS REAL HAIR AFTER
ALL ONLY KINDS OF COMMERCIAL COMBINATIONS
INSPIRED BY MARCHPANE FRIVOLITY OR OEDIPAL NEED
BEST TO BE DUMPED UNDER THE MARVELOUS
BROOKLYN BRIDGE WHERE KENNETH STAR STILL MUST
BE THINKING OF MONICA LEWINSKY WHO KEEPS
SUCKING MORE MONEY OUT OF THE EX PRESIDENTIAL
PIPELINE WHICH IS OKAY FOR ME AS AFTER ALL IT IS
BUSINESS AS USUAL AS EVEN IN CHINA YOU CAN NO
LONGER IMPRESS PEOPLE ONLY WITH RICE ORDERING
YOU TO WORK IN THE ABUNDANCE OF MEDIEVAL RULES
THE IMMORTALITY OF DICTATORS' GRIEF COMPENSATING
THEIR POVERTY BY MEANS OF USEFUL CONTRACEPTION
INSTEAD OF MORE EXECUTIONS BECAUSE YOU WERE
WEARING SILK CLOTHES YOU STILL TREASURE EVEN
WHEN THEY PUT YOU ON THE ELECTRIC CHAIR WITHOUT
ANY BUDDHA AROUND UNTIL YOU PERISH AFTER
APPROXIMATELY THIRTY SECONDS BECAUSE BY THEN
YOU WILL HAVE PAID FOR YOUR UNREAL MISTAKES
WHICH SEEMS ABNORMAL IN DEMOCRACY WHEN THEY
TRY TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT MONEY DOES NOT
MAKE YOU HAPPY WHICH IS PROOF THAT THE
INPENETRABLE IGNORANCE DOES EXIST MORE THAN
EVER STILL ACCOMPANIED BY HOLY MUSIC CHURCHES
DARE PRETEND IT IS YOUR PRIVILEGE TO DIE POOR TO
BE DISMANTLED AS DUST SENT INTO THE AIR SO BE
BLESSED BY ENERGETIC LIGHT ELECTRIFIED BY GAMA A
WAY YOUR WAY OF RENAISSANCE TO BE SCULPTED BY
DONATELLO IN RESIDENCE ALONG THE ARNO WHERE
YOU CAN EAT NEXT TO THE FAMOUS BRIDGE SHRIMPS
SATAY IN GREEN CURRY COOKED BY ANDRÉ AGASSI'S
MOTHER USING HER SON'S OLD TENNIS BALLS COOKED
TOGETHER WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS YOU CAN
EAT ON THE SMALL TERRACE SURROUNDED BY CIA
SPIES THESE DAYS EVERYWHERE ON EXHIBITION FOR
UNAWARE TOURISTS OFFERING SANBUCCO OR GRAPPA
TO UNSCRUPULOUS MISFITS SEPONATING THEIR OWN
INFECTED COMPROMISES WHICH I DEMAND YOU TO FIGHT
TRY TO THINK CLEAR YOU HAVE TO REALIZE UNDER
YOUR MENTAL ROOF THAT YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR
CHILDREN YOU KNOW IT IS A PARENTAL LAW ALTHOUGH
A FEW REGRETS I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE TO
LEAVE BEHIND SOME UNATTAINABLE GOALS LAW KEEPS
CUTTING FROM UNDER YOUR FEET THE GRASS ALL
GREEN YOUR BLOOD HER BLOOD HER VEINS HER HEART
ALL BLUE HIS SMILE HER LAUGHS OUR BLOOD HIS VEINS
MY HEART THEIR REMARKS ALL MADE OF SPIRITUALITY I
FEEL SO HAPPY REAL LIFE EXISTS EVEN WHILE I AM
DEAD YET LOST IN SPACE MY NEAREST PLACE IS BOUND
IN WEIGHTLESSNESS I HAVE BECOME A MAGICIAN I
CIRCLE IN MY BOLD PRINTED WORDS TO BE READ
HORIZONTALLY ONLY ON WHITE PAPER WHICH MAKES
ME BECOME MORE VERTICAL THAN EVER IT SUGGESTS
THAT MAYBE I A WRITING AS A SUPERCHARGED ENGINE
OR MAYBE A DOUBLE TURBO IN AN F40 IMPREGNATED
WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL FITTINGS ACTIVATED ON
ORBIT BY GAGARIN'S DAUGHTER MADE PREGNANT BY
MEANS OF A SUNRISING BROWSER CAPABLE OF
INTERPRETING LIFE AT THE TRUTH A RIGHT PERSON
ALWAYS ARRIVING TOO SOON OR EVEN BETTER TOO
LATE IN YOUR COMPLICATED LIFE FACING YOUR
UNSINKABLE MEDITATION AS FAR AS I CAN SEE INTO
ANOTHER FUTURE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL IT IS MY
IMAGINATION WHICH WILL PERSIST MY POOR
KNOWLEDGE TOO LIMITED BUT EXTREMELY MOBILE
NEVER TO BE DISCOURAGED BY ANYTHING NOT EVEN MY
IMPRISONED CHILDHOOD MY CATHOLIC EDUCATION I