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"In the same way, then, that Markson’s bequest of his own library to the open shelves of the Strand Bookstore in New York City in 2010 represented a curious kind of challenge to the conventional idea of the literary archive..."

"Our entire social reality is built up out of catchphrases now, and the people who really ought to be criticizing this nightmarish condition have instead abnegated their duty as intellectuals and have taken on the task of enforcing the repetition of certain catchphrases and of muffling other ones." --Justin Smith-Ruiu

Unintentional ghosting 👻.

you hurtle like a drunken-piloted drone
through all the depredations of the word
distant menaces here but mad absurd
& no one will believe it when they're shown

the mud-filled houses where the river rose,
the charred hulks standing in a field of soot
are pure anomalies--it snows a foot
in half an hour--never mind--we doze

& strange new fascinations claim our time
who have no time to gather up the clues,
while those outside the narrative must choose
what can & can't be told of their bleak thoughtcrime

what i have woven, Nightmare's sharks unweave;
& i'm denied the grace of pain alone,
as i hurtle like a drunken-piloted drone,
& even when i'm shown, i don't believe.

Indigo Girls & friends do Jesus Christ Superstar. (via Mefi comments)