Suspended in the New Fade, Part 7

what if i were to tell you that
all this suspending in the New Fade
is a direct result of America?

well, in a certain sense
that's exactly true

the New World was so named
because it flaunted old rules
and created new ones

it was always outside of
common perception

its natives could easily
have been the equals
to any of those who
came to claim their land

yet they chose to exist
in the beginnings of the New Fade
in which time has no meaning

progress is a state of mind
a matter of choice
rather than the basic order of reality

the New Fade in the New World
became something of a curse
imported into the abstract concept
of globalization

all things are new here
just as they've always been
a part of the animal kingdom
even before there were animals

that's the nature of time
impervious and disinclined
to believe that humans need
anything more than
what they always had

which is what has always existed
before and after there was
the ground beneath our feet

it is our dubious acceptance
of our own rules that keeps
the New Fade alive