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A deep consolation.

"BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans.

After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company.

Now, the states have won." —@moreperfectunion.bsky.social via @chandra.blacksky.app

Akhmatova on Youtube.

cruelty's sneer in stone
already aims to fall.
while yet he wields control,
that place prepares the Eschaton.

in darkness we pretend.
all for a winning game,
noise as the smile turns grim;
tinsel-scrolloped & sanguine-rained.

nothing will be learned.
though lessons plainly tell,
dissolves our last real pearl
& drunkenness creeps back to bed.

"It was not merely a way to identify someone, but a necessary condition for continued existence after death."