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

NEITHER YOU NOR I BELIEVE IN THE END OF THE LINE AS
ONLY MY EMOTION KEEPS FIGHTING TO GO ON WITH MY
LIFE THAT WAY MY TRAINED BODY WILL BE POLISHED IN
A CLEAN HOTEL ROOM WHERE THE BATHROOM IS IN
WHITE MARBLE MATCHING RIGHT NOW MY MOODS HERE
IN SAN DIEGO ADMIRING ANOTHER DIVINE SUNSET WHILE
DISAPPEARING IN THE OCEAN MY THOUGHTS AS WELL
ARE UNDER WATER AWARE OF THE TASTE OF SEA SALT I
AM USED TO WHEN I EAT POTATO CHIPS SO I TAKE IT
EASY IN SILENCE STEP BY STEP I MOVE ON THE BEACH
WHILE ADMIRING THE BEAUTY ART OF THIS PART OF
CALIFORNIA SUDDENLY THE DOOR OF MY ROOM IS
FLUNG OPEN WITH THE WARM OCEAN WIND KISSING ME
LAYING ON MY BED I FEEL MY LUNGS MY HEARTBEAT MY
LEGS INTENSIVELY IN THE CENTRE OF MY PERSONAL
ETERNITY A VAST EPITOME IN THE AIR WHICH IS NO
PROOF THAT THE EDGE MIGHT BE TOO SHARP YOUR
CIVILIZED BEHAVIOUR NO LONGER SO STUPID TO BE
PART OF WIRELESS TALKING THE COFFEE-MANNERISM
THE SAUNA ADDICTION OR THE PRISONS TO BE
DISINFECTED ONLY ON TELEVISION TO ASSURE US YOU
MAY USE YOUR VIBRATOR EVEN AT A RESTHOUSE ON A
GERMAN AUTOBAHN AT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IN
THE DIRECTION FROM KARLSRUHE TO BASEL I AM
AWARE OF THE SAME ADRENALINE I FELT AT THE
RAFFLES IN SINGAPORE BUT THEN IT WAS AT 4 O'CLOCK
IN THE AFTERNOON HAVING SCONES WITH GREEN TEA
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT NOW IT IS 11.10 AM IN
VIENNA 01.10 PM IN MOSCOW BUT 10.10 AM IN LONDON
ALL FACTS OF RELATIVITY MADE REALITY FOR YOUR
PERSONAL JOY BY FAMOUS WATCHMAKERS WHO CALL
IT THE APPEAL OF TIME OR THE MAGIC DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MARS TIME OR A PART-TIME JOB AT A DIRTY
LOOKING PIZZERIA IN PHUKET WHERE YOU WILL NEVER
DISPOSE OF A PERPETUAL CALENDAR OR BE JOINED BY
YOUR ACETIC BUSINESS PARTNERS AT NEW YEAR'S EVE
PARTIES AS IF NOTHING HAS CHANGED DURING
THOUSANDS OF YEARS WHEN AGAIN YOU MUST REFUSE
TO LISTEN TO JOE COCKER ON THE RADIO WHO IS SUCH
A POOR HOBO WITH THE LOOKS OF A HOMELESS
SUCKER THE KIND OF CLOCHARD IT TAKES YOU LESS
THAN A MINUTE TO REALIZE HE HAS NO MANNERS THE
WAY HE MOVES IT SEEMS OBVIOUS HE HAS DIARRHOEA
AT LEAST CONSTIPATION FOR SURE HE SUFFERS FROM
HAEMORRHOIDS WHICH MAKES HE RECEIVES A LOT OF
FAN MAIL FROM ALL THOSE STUPID PEOPLE WHO DARE
TO PAY FOR HIS CONCERTS THE MAJORITY WITH A
GLOBAL DEBILITY IQ AS IF THEY DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE
BORN LOSERS WITH A LIFE ASSURANCE ARE MARRIED
HAVE A DOG A MEAN DOG A COCKER OF COURSE THEY
CALL JOE SNIFF COCAIN OR ASPIRINE TO BE PUT ON THE
WAITING LIST OF INFECTED HOSPITALS EXPECTING TO BE
SOON ON CONSULTATION BY CLEAN SHAVEN DOCTORS
WORKING WITH LOTS OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES
POISONING ON TRIAL TRYING TO EXPLAIN IN PRIVATE
REUNIONS THAT IT IS MUCH EASIER TO DUMP THE POOR
IN SCULPTED RAINFORESTS WHERE THE ROTTING
PROCESS IS MUCH FASTER NEVERTHELESS THE
ENORMOUS LACK OF CAPABLE NURSES WHO HAVE TO
PUMP OIL ALL DAY LONG OUT OF THE SUFFERING EARTH
PRODUCING MORE LANDSLIDES SWEEPING AWAY THE
ONLY BRIDGE INUNDATING THE BURNED FARMLAND
THERE IS NO NEED TO ARGUE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
SOLD ILLEGALLY TO DAGHESTAN TROOPS IN THE
MASSACRED AREAS OF CHECHNYA WHERE WILD ISLAMIC
GUERILLEROS LIVING ON LSD SCALP ANY RUSSIAN THEY
MAY APPREHEND SINCE THE NEXT FIVE HARVESTS ARE
PREDICTED TO BE POOR NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF MORE