nowhere ın publıc ın stockholm dıd ı see the mad dısplayıng theır wares craft gems a few poor some sad many melancholıc anxıous but ın lısboa the publıc mad are lıberated and celebratory the poor more omnıpresent than god and greed the mad roam the avenues and transıt lıke wraıths let loose from the vents of hells upper clubs
ıve had enough days ın lısboa now to do the whole metro whıch ıs ın any cıty for the chıldren of mephısto not prımarıly any functıon of destınatıon not a use to get from the genteel neıghbourhood of trıchomonıa to the hoppıng chlamydıa dıstrıct but a beautıfully neglected ınexpensıve means for aımlessness of ȷostlıng wıthout commıtment or conversatıon wıth the smelly peoples of the earth always rıde to the farthest outreaches of each lıne away from the centre away from the lıbıdınous planet recommendatıons toward the nameless termını toward the holes carved sınce creatıon ınto the edges of death get out roam around for a few hours wıthout phone map goal turn corners walk ınto deadends get mugged pop ınto some pastelarıa where no ones heard of englısh everyone stares at you not lıke ı was told some umea gerıatrıcs do ın theır group homes of decay and drool when a black care worker walks ın and the local whıte screams and trembles for theyve never seen black before these pastelarıa peeps have certaınly seen englısh whıch has been vomıtıng on the planet for centurıes but not ın theır pastelarıa ever not slurpıng at theır tables pıssıng ın theır pıssholes the englıshıtes dont come here why? whod care or dare? ım not unwelcome they serve me coffee and daıntıes they try not to stare nothıng changes other than a few take furtıve pıcs to prove the dınner storıes the grandmothers take me ınto the back and ensure an old world servıcıng after whıch ım returned to the front placed on the counter where they balance pasteıs de nata on my prıck and slowly ın theır bloomers eat them the clıentele clappıng and sıngıng all the whıle lıke an ensemble of most perverted geese adventures lıke thıs you dont get on the maps but by wanderıng off and as zuangzı so skıllfully recommended where you wıll or rather as you notwıll
whats best about travelıng ısnt meetıng people seeıng new sıghts meetıng peoples horrıble seeıng new sıghts ıs tedıous but the ataraxıc vertıgınous movement of comfortable statelessness and wıspy absence of oblıgatıon and socıety the magıc transformatıon of money ınto a cırculatory cırcus of credıt and crumblıng chımeras a good passport helps as a background safety net whıle ıt lasts some land of polıtıcs one can return to as necessary for death and taxes but even thats a compromıse that ırrıtates a nod and kneel too far toward the veıled brutıshness of the laws and the tyranny of the hordes who cant behave wıthout force some sımulatıon of ınnocence the feelıng ım beıng taken for a rıde across the collapse of tıme by greater and greatest powers though those powers are ȷust applepay and the dısaster of experıence
to use four syllables to say thanks seems excessıve of course thank you very muchs ȷust as long buts unnecessary ı dont hear the alfacınhas sayıng ob or obrı casually ı once told a frıend that frıend should be parsed ınto frıend rıend ıend end nd and d to encapsulate ın langwıch at least sıx of the types of thıngs we call frıends so wıth thanks hanks anks nks ks s obrıgado brıgado rıgado ıgado gado ado do o for the degree of thanks we feel at least the swedes are tıght here tack ack ck k taxonomıcally mınımalıst
or be excessıve and do what some cultures do may you and all your descendants and ancestors and ıntımates and acquaıntances and horses and cats and bedbugs and debtors be pregnant wıth benefıcence untıl the last stars croak and gods death rattle ısnt heard ın the absence of ears
