year of the mad bird. page XV

'year of the mad bird' artist book. 17x11" intaglio with watercolor on rives bfk. spray painted background.

page XV:
w a r .

A simple analogy. Dare not abstract the personal. The impersonal is meaningless.
They kill numbers, no one to mourn for a life that didn’t matter any less when it was lost. protesting punk with blood encrusted on cheek ~ too much deathly rapture
and violent peace in and out ~ the degradation of the human race reared forth its
ugliest face and she Trembled ~ she turned on the televised updates and each time
she Shed tears ~ revolted to the core with the lucid realization that the nausea she
was born with was fully justified and can never leave now ~.


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