lessons in time travel 13: all past is future

from subaltern by closetjudas

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scanning high + low-band waves every day to find your voice
wake, eat, wait, sleep + repeat – all i hear from you is noise
and subtle clues that seem profound: “89.1 the fish”
“nostalgia is your enemy” (except old tunes from “gish”)
“don’t trust the mustache + beware; resist division please”
“find your stable centre, child, unwrite the past with ease”
“don’t surrender to regret; time is the stream beneath”
“go counter to the current, girl” (its cost? a couple teeth)

after my searching, years of trying to know myself
ambiguous grief, theatre of the absurd
can you console me? do you have the means to bring...
...peace to my trouble? or are you as lost as me?

you say: “we need to fix the wounds that made this world a mess”
“keep the house from getting cursed; excise the first distress”
but all this harm-collateral don’t seem to bother you
the countless bodies in your wake + many in the queue

“love’s” over-rated if it means self-sacrifice
with no repayment, lacking reciprocity
trying giving a damn about how you’ll make me feel
when you let me down, R-M-L-2-5-0-9
you call this family? i would rather keep alone
than be around you, empty corridors my home
you want no secrets? you’re not a good person, man
and not all history is deleted as was planned

“i am merely a humble slave who wants to help the cause...
...my trust in gurus, absolute as they are without flaws”
is that what you would have me say?
what of this thing called “trust”?
human, machine – they’re all the same, each ends in death + dust

please stand by
bedtime is here
it’s time

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from subaltern, released May 1, 2022

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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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