Pandemic Poetry Part Song*
Chaos of Contagion
How to cope with the Chaos of Contagion?
The confusion of conventions
The conflicts over comportment
Floating, floating, floating, floating, floating
No solid ground to land on
Civilization grinding to a halt
Opening opportunities of expression
Look at me floating above
Suspended in animation
It’s a good time to reassess
Everything
Comedy Writers Have Taken Over the universe
Who is writing this shit?
Clearly, comedy writers have taken over reality.
My guess is it’s George Carlin & Andy Kaufmann
Today’s headline was a perfect gem of nihilistic humor:
NASA says there is a 0.41% chance that an asteroid will hit us the day before the US election.
Given the mutated time stream we have slipped into, I’ll translate that as a 100% chance, maybe 110%.
This begs the obvious question of where would we most like the asteroid to strike?
Political targets (Congress, the White House…) are too obvious. Carlin would want more irony, and Kaufmann would want less predictability.
Spoiler alert: Here are the top five targets:
- Mount Rushmore
- Our “defensive” stockpile of nuclear weapons
- Mara-a-Lago
- Harmlessly into the middle of the ocean… creating continent-swallowing tsunamis
- The world’s stockpile of toilet paper
Who am I?
All of the news that contradicts my views is fake
All of the rumors that support my views are real
Who am I?
If you guessed someone other than me & you
You’re wrong
- ”Song” is 2, in Thai
