Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.51.0302200803060.14404@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: narcissism
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:03:26 -0500 (EST)
narcissism we're speaking for the moment - online and offline conversations - analy- ses - manifestos - signs, marches, puppetry - it goes on and on - they're silent on the other side - use the royal 'we' - they include us - we're being led to the slaughter - we're taking the world with us - we'll use weapons of mass destruction - tactical nuclear against the bunkers - 10 to 15 percent of our weaponry gone astray - our own military reports expecta- tions of over 3000 civilian casualties - in the name of liberation - blair too - the whole lot of them - cold warriors - compulsive-obsessives - madmen - another futile protest here -:they're getting stronger by the moment - our performances are just that - select audiences of hundreds of millions - they can't do anything - we're speaking into our own skin - already the fear's upon us - they're nameless - they hide behind acronyms - they lie, they fabricate evidence - tapes - bin laden's muddy voice - we're supposed to believe all of this - we're under the gun here - we're under warning - we're a declared state of emergency - :resistance is futile - useless - we're bringing out blocks of writing - reams of it - to no avail - the only measure that carries weight - violence, armed resistance - i'm not up to that - we're unused to the brutality of our own government - help's got to come from elsewhere - stunning revelation - bush cancels 2004 elections - declares state of emergency - he's already backed by the army - we're allowed to speak - our voices give out - the strongest among us will be taken away - you've got to help us - you've seen it all before - :: there aren't any miracles - stock market's falling - construction's down - A legs and homes nightmare! A legs and homes nightmare! ===