A Modest Proposal

from These Means Have No End by Royal Downfall

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"Prison offers the same sense of security to the prisoner as does a royal palace to a king’s guest. The masonry, the materials, the proportions and the architecture are in harmony with a moral unity which makes these dwellings indestructible so long as the social form of which they are the symbol endures."
- Jean Genet, The Thief’s Journal

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So you’re a shipwreck
What brought you to these shores?
Was it stormy weather
That tore your hull apart?
There were arc lights searching
To shine on your monstrosity
They need your contrast
Still cursing your narrow escape

In the morning
In the evening
In the aftermath of our dining
In the towers
In the suburbs
There’s always new plans for our dying

It’s a modest proposal
To end our hardships
To share the joy and lightness
Of multiplicities

We’ve all been cornered
Sent back on public demand
To padded chambers
For everyone to see

In the morning
In the evening
In the aftermath of our dining
In the rose fields
In the subways
There’s always new life in the making

It’s a modest proposal
To end our hardships
To share the joy and lightness
Of multiplicities

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from These Means Have No End, released December 3, 2007

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† 2014

Dead but dreaming.

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