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breaking the fourth wall

from non sequitur by closetjudas

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listen to track 07 (a.k.a. "excluding assumed monsters") for the corresponding conceptual commentary.

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that smile only covers over aversion
the verity of tightly-pressed teeth
the saying one thing when you mean another
is as simulated as it seems
all the faces you don’t realize you’re making
betray false security
if you took a moment to realize you’re acting
well, maybe then you would see
that your carefully chosen words are equal
to the sight of your well-pressed clothes
it is a forced + contrived standard of normal
you insist is good for us both
but if all that’s accepted is your sole perspective
and my life incomparibly loathed
then i’m calling out your supposed distinction
begging you to break the bloody fourth

[lana wachowski, human rights campaign visibility award acceptance speech, 2012]
“invisibility is indivisible from visibility...it can be the difference between life + death.”

opposer / a poser
of your blood, sister + bro / if you think you’re better
of your kin, sister + brother / if you consider them “other”

are we so very different, or could it be we’re the same
our alikeness – unmistakably red – courses unseen through our veins
consanguineous comrades on an artificial stage
we all end up unavoidably breathless
trapped together in this same cage

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from non sequitur, released November 5, 2020

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closetjudas Winnipeg, Manitoba

"closetjudas" is the moniker given to the music written, recorded + produced by mike powell, who is from the suburban sprawl that is mississauga (ontario). now living near winnipeg (manitoba), mike powell continues to record music that is truly independent + not-for-profit. this means he doesn't want your money...seriously. give it all to the charity "TINY CHANGES": tinychanges.com ... more

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