Politicians of the New Fade

this one will be different,
will try and point toward the future
rather than rest in the mouldwarp
of the New Fade

and here it is,
my concept of campaign finance reform:

candidates should join the modern age,
promote themselves on YouTube,
in magazines, and on the news,
rather than raise millions from
supporting corporations to speak
before crowds of the already-converted
and meaningless ads of dubious merit
that don't bother to support credentials,
but rather pander
pander
pander

politicians don't pander;
if your does they're a bureaucrat

politicians respond to the will
and best interests of the people

that is all

Critical Mass in the New Fade

this is what defines the New Fade:

fundamental
systematic
psychological
failure to comprehend the nature
of reality

but other than that, not bad

Critical Thought in the New Fade

i'd like to teach the world to sing
in synchronicity!

and by that i mean that i'd like
more people to understand
what other people are thinking,
so that there's more logic
to the logic we all live by

if we better understand the rules
of science in the New Fade
then we'd better understand
the rules of logic, too,
so that the Metaphysics of Value
can be appreciated,
and Value is no longer defined
by Metaphysics, the unknown
quality, but rather something
we can all identify, even if
we voice it in different ways

The Big Wet in the Middle of the New Fade

the bigger picture is of a wasteland
where the best of us wander in search
of purpose, our best talents spoiled
by the jealousies of others and
an indeterminate disaster of the past
clouding the present and future,
something everyone knows
but refuses to acknowledge
because it's too damn obvious
that many don't even recognize
it anymore, where shamans are
shackled, politicians once more
believe themselves to be gods,
and caravans lead to an oasis
of hope in the middle of the desert,
where there is no rain

The Adventures of Stanley Milgram in the New Fade

stick me in a box
and make me do it
and maybe you will believe
that you get what you want
but the truth is not always true
bright lights don't always shine
and the eye of the beholder
is not always in focus

Contradiction in the New Fade

you're supposed to be happy all the time
but if you're not there's something wrong with you

The New Fade Will Pay You Not to Work (Some Exclusions Apply)

no, seriously

there's a strong impulse
to believe that
"every member of society
must carry their own weight"

but wouldn't you know it?

the more money you make
the less work you have to do

the idea is responsibility,
that the "more" you have
the more you're worth

and no, i don't understand
that logic either

responsibility to me
is a privilege and therefore
something that should
be earned and not simply
rewarded

responsibility is an abstract concept,
since those who support
responsibility have as much
responsibility as those
who are supposed to have
responsibility

we live in the 21st century
in the time of the New Fade
in which virtually everything
is recorded and even John Doe
has a name and so yes,
it's very hard to say that
there are now definite and
impenetrable divides between
those who have responsibility
and, well, those who have
responsibility

we don't live in times that
so easily bend toward the will
of dictators, no matter how small
and inconsequential,
except in the power they
are allowed to have

i'm not talking unions
or communism

i'm talking about basic
human
dignity

so yeah, it's a little stupid
to say today that everyone
must work and that some of
those who do should be paid
more for doing less
just because of responsibility

or rather

the illusion of control

because at the end of the day
it's the end of the day
for everyone
and it doesn't matter
how much money you have
you need sleep and you will
in all probability dream
and that's something we all do

so just maybe, you ought
to indulge a little more of that

because no two dreams
are the same