(Or: Chasing the Dragon)<\/p>\n
In the smart civilized past the discovering of what it means to pursue the winged serpent ;;;<\/p>\n
It would be oracular from the back of a book, and tying the lyric to it would be a satisfaction and an artist’s triumph. In the new world version, search with an engine. Realize the imagery has been co-opted again and again down to the level of a lifetime movie, the dregs of the cinematic art.<\/p>\n
What have we done.<\/p>\n
This isn’t my world. <\/p>\n
There is nothing transcendent or artistic about a heroin addiction anymore. <\/p>\n
So I’m glad I don’t have one No upside and No Burroughs for the googlers in the sense that means.<\/p>\n
It is not as though I am unaddicted but it is to symbols that remain arcane. <\/p>\n
Spit on me; hipster fedora tipper jellyman NPC. <\/p>\n
A fair trade when I puke back on your smug smock.<\/p>\n
There isn’t any intoxication in this.<\/p>\n
I could tell you of the elated pieces but there must be a protected altar where no heretic eyes see.<\/p>\n
Everyone is a heretic now because it’s going to be a badge that signals independent thought or the appearance of it. <\/p>\n
A gucci label for graduate students. <\/p>\n
For a long moment I retreated all the way back to the place where art mattered. <\/p>\n
Are the reasons why it mattered then better than the reasons that it matters now?<\/p>\n
It’s a trick question and I’m not sure. <\/p>\n
It even matters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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