LVIII

SO I HAVE A NEW BACKGROUND
I COULD GET IT FROM THE CHINESE DEPANNEUR

SORRY

I ASKED HIM NOT TO THROW IT OUT
IN THE END OF THE WEEK THEY THROW OUT
THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S POSTERS

IT'S A PARIS MATCH POSTER
IF IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE DISTANCE
THIS IS THE PARIS MATCH POSTER
OF MICK JAGGER GRIEVING
IT'S LAST WEEK'S NEWS

SO I'M SO PROUD I COULD GET IT
I'M SO VERY PROUD OF ME

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IT'S A COINCIDENCE  KIND OF COINCIDENCE
WE ARE WRITING NOW NINETEEN-SEVENTY…
I'M SORRY, WE ARE WRITING NOW 2014
AND IN 1964 I ALSO HAD A MICK JAGGER POSTER ON MY WALL
I GOT IT SOME MIRACULOUS WAY THEN AS WELL
BRAVO - IT WAS A GERMAN POP MAGAZINE IN THE SIXTIES  BRAVO
IMMENSELY IMPORTANT - MY ENTIRE YOUTH WAS BUILT UPON IT

I'M NOT GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD
SOMEONE WANTS TO HEAR IT
THEY WANT TO HEAR IT

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SO WE ARE NOW ABOUT TEN DAYS AFTER THE UNNOTED SUICIDE
SHE LEFT NO DEATH NOTE  OOO
SHE LEFT NO DEATH NOTE  NOT
NOT THAT THEY CAN NAME THE REASON
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LEAVE YOUR MEMORY INTACT
BECAUSE IT'S HARDER TO CROSS THE BARDO
IF THEY IDENTIFY YOU

EVERYTHING AFTER YOU DIE IS MEMORY
INDEED WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND SHOULDN'T HOLD YOU BACK

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SO MY LIGHT WENT OUT
DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT

NO I DON'T HAVE EMPATHY
I'M ONLY THINKING ABOUT MYSELF

BABY SAYS: AAOOH LOOK WHAT AN EGOIST
EGOIST BASTARD

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SO IT IS VERY INTERESTING
THE FIFTY YEARS
SINCE '64 AND 2014
THAT I GREW UP WITH A MICK JAGGER PICTURE
AND GROW DOWN WITH A PICTURE OF HIS
FROM 2014, RIGHT - THAT'S WHAT WE WRITE
THE YEAR OF YEARS  THE YEAR OF YEARS
THE YEAR OF YEARS

NOT A SIGN OF IT
NOT A SIGN OF IT
NOT A SIGN OF IT

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I CANNOT IMITATE THIS  JUST MENTION IT
THAT HE DID EVERYTHING WITH HIS HANDS
THAT KIND OF MAGICIAN
EYES OF COURSE, VOICE
BUT MAINLY THE TALKING HANDS

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THE TIME  THE TIME
THE TIME WE SPENT
THE POSTER ON MY WALL AND THE POSTER ON MY WALL
THE TIME SPAN BETWEEN THESE TWO EVENTS
THE ARCH OF TIME

NOW HERE WE ARE
TWENTY, THIRTY, FORTY, FIFTY YEARS
FIVE DECADES
SIXTY, SEVENTY. EIGHTY, NINETY, ZERO
AND HERE WE ARE
FOUR YEARS IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

AND WHERE HAVE WE GOTTEN
THE STAGNATION  THE STAGNATION  THE STAGNATION
THAT HAS SLOWLY SET IN DURING THE NINETIES
CULMINATED IN 2000
AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE A STAGNATION 
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE - THE MIDDLE OF IT

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER FOURTEEN YEARS OF STAGNATION
BUT GRADUALLY DECREASING
WE ARE ON THE TOP OF IT - ALMOST MOTIONLESS RIGHT NOW
ALMOST MOTIONLESS

IT'S VERY HARD TO DANCE
NOTHING IS HARDER
NOTHING IS HARDER ANY MORE

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VIKING IS  WHATEVER YOU SAY
VIKING IS WHITE MALE IDENTITY
IT'S A WAR FOR THE WHITE MALE IDENTITY
THAT HAS LOST ITS DOMINANCE
THAT'S THE VIKING NOSTALGIA
VERY RIGHT-WINGISH  VERY PASTIST

THIS MEDIEVAL NOSTALGIA STARTED VERY LONG AGO
IT COMES WITH TECHNOLOGY
AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES
THE NOSTALGIA FOR THE MEDIEVAL 
BARBARISM, SIMPLICITY AND DIRT INCREASES

IT'S A STERILE ENVIRONMENT
WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE BY NOW
IT HAPPENS IN THE CITIES  RELATIVELY  PARTS OF THEM

IT'S A PURIFYING PROCESS
ALL IN ALL WE'RE GETTING PURIFIED
WE'RE GETTING PURIFIED

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THE MIRAGE  THE MIRAGE OF AGING
THERE ARE ALWAYS THESE REPRESENTATIVES
THAT PROLONG THEIR SOJOURN ON THE TOP
SO FAR AS FAR AS THEY DIE

GIGANTIC ACHIEVEMENT OF COURSE
THERE IS NO COMPARISON FOR IT
WE ONLY HAVE THE ROLLING STONES FOR EXAMPLE
FOR THIS ONE - AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IMPORTANCE
FOR THIS EXCEPTION

EXCEPTIONS TEACH WHAT THE RULE SHOULD BE

MICK JAGGER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE POSSIBILITY
HE IMPERSONATED THE POSSIBILITY
THE HUMAN POSSIBILITY
THE EFFORTLESS REIGN

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THE DOOM  AS THE DOOM ARRIVED
DOOM ARRIVED WITH BLACK SABBATH 
THE ROLLING STONES NEVER WENT DOOM
DOOM WAS BORN FROM THE ROLLING STONES OF COURSE
EVERYTHING WAS BORN FROM SOMETHING PRECEDING, RIGHT

THE ROLLING STONES ENCOMPASS THE UNIVERSE OF IT
THE BLACK AND WHITE OF IT  NOW

THE ROLLING STONES HAS BEEN A HARD DRUG ALWAYS
AND VERY CRUEL
AND STILL FOR SOME REASON
PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE PACT
THE LUCKIEST GUYS ON EARTH
ALTOGETHER, YES
BRIAN JONES IS THE LUCKIEST OF THE LUCKIEST
WELL, TO DIE THERE AND THEN
AND THE WAY HE DIED

LUCKY BAND, YES
BUT NOW MAYBE IT'S OVER
MAYBE THIS WILL BRING HIM DOWN
I WOULD VERY HAPPILY ASSIST HIS SUICIDE
IF IT CAME TO THAT

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JUST BY THE WAY MENTION
IT'S ALSO VERY INTERESTING
HOW ALIKE THEY HAVE BECOME
KEITH AND MICK
THEY ARE ALMOST LIKE TWINS NOW
IT'S VERY STRANGE - IT'S LIKE DOGS, YOU KNOW
DOGS RESEMBLE THEIR OWNER
AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD DOGS

AND THEY ALL RESEMBLE TO OSH
WELL THAT'S HOW OSH LOOKS
IF YOU WANT HIS IMAGE
BECAUSE YOU JUST CANNOT DO WITHOUT IT
THAT GOD IS NONE
THEN THE IMAGE OF OSH IS KEITH RICHARDS

OSSSHH   OSSSHH  OSSSHH
ASKING TOO MUCH