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

THE START OF A MAJOR INVASION OF ANY KIND OF LOST
PEOPLE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER EUROPE WITHOUT
FIRING ONE SINGLE SHOT IT GOT MILLIONS OF SAD
PEOPLE ON THE RUN DEMONSTRATING PRESIDENT
LINCOLN'S HUMAN RIGHTS WHO COULD NOT MAKE THAT
ONE PHONECALL NEVER SAYING HE WANTED TO STOP
THESE HORDES WHO ONLY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE
STILL HAD BEEN SCREAMING IN FRONT OF THE TSAR'S
KREMLIN "YANKEE GO HOME" PROVING THAT NONE OF
THEM IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DECENCY OR
EDUCATION REALLY MEANS IT SEEMS THESE WORDS NO
LONGER EXIST MAYBE ARE FORBIDDEN TO BE PRINTED
IN COMMUNIST DICTIONARIES EXPLAINING YOU CAN GO
WHEREVER YOU WANT WITHOUT ANY PASSPORT EVEN
FREE TO CARRY SAMPLES OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
BACTERIES MORE LUCRATIVE THAN IMPORTING SILK OR
SPICES FROM MARCO POLO'S EXPORT COMPANY
AVAILABLE ON INTERNET INTRODUCED AS
INTERCULTURE ALONG THE NEW SILKROAD WITH
BURGERS & PIZZA RESTOS PROTECTED BY EX-LAPD
SHOOTING AT PROTESTING GREENPEACE MILITANTS I
UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS SEEM DISASTROUS
WITH THE KIND OF FOOD I NEVER WAS USED TO ON MY
JOURNEYS IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE OR MAYFAIR WHERE
DYNASTY-WAITERS SERVE ME FIRST BANANA BREAD
FOLLOWED BY FUDGE PISTACHE ONLY ON FRIDAYS BUT
EVERY TUESDAY YOU CAN HAVE TRIFLE WITH KIRSCH
BUT ON WEEKENDS THE RESTAURANT
IS CLOSED WHICH FINALLY HELPS ME TO FIND SPARE
TIME FOR JOGGING ALONG THE SOUTH BANK IN THE
COMPANY OF MY HYPE BUTLER WHO SEEMS EXHAUSTED
WHEN WHISPERING THAT HE HAS PUT TOO MUCH OF
SETCHUAN PEPPER IN OUR LASAGNE WHICH MAKES ME
RETURN BY TAXI INSTEAD OF MORE RUNNING I HAVE TO
CONFESS MY KNEES FEEL HURT MY LIGAMENTS CRYING
FOR HELP MAYBE BECAUSE I SLEEP WITHOUT PYJAMAS
ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON BUYING MY LAPSANG-
SOUCHON TEA NO LONGER AT BLOOMINGDALE'S I MAKE
PLANS TO FLY TO HONG KONG LOOKING FORWARD TO
TRY THE SIXTEEN DIFFERENT MIXTURES OF TEA THEY
SERVE AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL NO LONGER PAYING
ATTENTION TO PINK FLOYD I CONCENTRATE ON THE
ENERGIZING TEA CEREMONY ALTHOUGH INTERRUPTED
BY A LONG DISTANCE CALL FROM MY EX WHO IS TELLING
ME SHE WAS RIGHT IT WAS ALL MY FAULT BUT THEN ALL
OF A SUDDEN SHE MUST HAVE HUNG UP SO I SAY TO
MYSELF THAT WHERE I AM STANDING NOW IS WHERE I
BEGIN MY NEXT LIFE BY MEANS OF MARATHON WRITING
WHICH IS A REWARDING SENSATION THE EXPLORATION
OF MY MENTAL KALEIDOSCOPE PUT INTO A VIRGIN
SPACE READY TO INTERPRET AN ARCHIPELAGOS OF
WORDS I SMELL BLOSSOM AS DEEP AS POSSIBLE
ENTERING INTO YOUR PSYCHE WITHOUT FURTHER
PEDAGOGICAL EXPLANATION MY INTENTIONS REMAIN
EXTREMELY EXPERIMENTAL NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF A
POSTNATAL DEPRESSION I AM IN POLE POSITION ABLE
TO RESPECT APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR MORE THAN
EVER OPPOSED TO MASSIVE STUPIDITY WHICH HAS
BECOME COMMON MATTER WORLDWIDE EXPANDED TO
PROMOTE RUDENESS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED AS
TRENDY IN A SOCIETY IN WHICH SCUM GETS DISMISSED
EVERY DAY BY THE FAILING SYSTEM OF YOUR
GOVERNMENT ONLY PROPOSING A LARGE SELECTION OF
INCOMPETENCE WHICH HELPS PEOPLE CHOOSE A MOST
UNPLEASANT PROFESSION TO PERFORM AS YOUR
BODYGUARD I DO NOT NEED BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE TO
DEFEND MY ATTITUDES FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLICITY I
RELY MOST OF ALL ON MY BEWILDERMENT PUTTING A