conzum
the dawn comes and sometimes you wonder why, what now. heart skips beats, gums bleed, teeth break, bones ache, skies grey, rain wets laundry on the line, no poems cry to be written, you’re in a strange land with an unknown language… and then you realize that’s it - you’re in strange lands hearing unknown tongues… you’ve discarded the external you of known place, friends, services, possessions, habits, home, maze and are off seeking the true internal you… you are doing what others don’t because it isn’t easy… tho this is a little easier since you have a partner on the same trek to truth, justice and the non-american way because america has become the corrupt competition cancer confusion consumption corporation.
they have a store chain here in croatia call CONZUM… consume: that says it all, just like the coneheads’ “consume mass quantities of food units.” of course following this advice leads to obesity, tired blood, weak hearts, cancer, financial problems, and sadness. there are way fewer fat folk everywhere we’ve been in europe than there are in america. way way fewer. america’s a country where no sin is too venal to worship, no weakness too small to live your life by.
our host’s daughter sabina stopped by for a 5 folk dinner last night. she’s finishing her masters in economics. sara holbrook and michael salinger are teacher poets. kathy and i are the wandering homeless. it was an evening of fascinating conversation on the serbian bosnian slovenian croatian war, world economics, morality, and the state of education in america being eviscerated by corporations and the religious wrong… a lot of laughter over deadly serious sadnesses. we all agreed all we can do is lighten the darkness where we are. do no harm. do as you would be done. and mock the fools in power - it’s hard to follow The Man’s orders when you’re laughing at his lack of clothes.
thanks to the flat earthers in the u.s., the following rules govern school text books: illustrations of cows cannot show their udders, any women shown must be wearing high heels, you cannot use the word fetus (you must say unborn child), and you cannot say any rock or mountain is older than 6,000 years because the religious wrong believe the bible says it is 6,000 years since creation. many schools no longer offer science or history because they spend all their time on math and reading to produce good little robots. the last time the government and corporations put large sums of money into actual education was the 1950s, and that resulted in hippies and folks who thought for themselves and questioned authority. god forbid that citizens should actually think for themselves… makes it much harder to rule the sheep pen.
we’re halfway thru our 3 months in croatia. right now we’re leaning toward a week or 3 in trieste italy and then thailand. medical costs are cheap there, it’s truly exotic, and it will up the bar of our adventure. blue 7 of the urban-jellen test first put thailand in our brains because he spent 14 months there in the early oughts, and sara&mike found it fascinating as well. if not thailand immediately, there’s still greece or spain. early january, we’re spending 2 days in venice italy.
kathy’s got a fine new larger assemblage titled ‘off world.’ she’s more painter, while i’m more gluer. she’s completed 4 pieces of art here and has 3-5 more started, while i’m 2/3’s done with my word collage and just now laid out my sea-worn wood pieces to start my 2nd piece tomorrow. seems i satisfy most my creative needs by blogging. i’ll add a better foto of her piece when the sun returns in a few days. we’re hoping for a blue skied sunny christmas.
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