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NNT#069 The Bug - Room 44 Sessions

by Not Normal Tapes

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No Shit 01:38
(i) Static, Dad's trailing off again Static, indelibly etched Static, criss-cross, criss-crossed It's only 9pm and we're all ten-ten-ten-tensed Pregnant with words best left unsaid You're blue, he's green, she's red Red? Angry? Embarrassed? Agitated and pacing from certain discomforting revelations? Feign interest for 90 seconds Or indulge in the 9,000,000 possibilities imprinted in your ass No shit! (ii) Co-workers shuffling over how you pray and eat and sleep Wake to fresh histories of violence that their crooked fingers weave Wal-Mart greeters putter closer keep tabs on favorite brands of bread While the fawning nation ignores an American father & son laid dead Shock! Awe! No shit! Who can't help but change the subject? Who tanked a generation? Who abandoned those they'd orphaned to the first family'd fuckin' take 'em? Whose mouth made a promise to watch another take it back And mutters steady streams of slurs as the screen click-clacks to black? Shock! Awe! No shit! The violence of history held in rosy hues But these histories of violence gotcha feelin' screwed? Explanation: (i) For every cause, an effect: apathy, indecision, and unwillingness to confront difficult truths are qualities deeply ingrained in the American character. The resulting culture of detachment has led to a continual sabotaging of our own best interests and of those of the less privileged worldwide. (ii) For every transgression, vengeance: the ascendence of outfits like the Islamic State in the Middle East is a frightening development, but its roots lie in decades of American imposition. There is an upwards limit to human suffering: when Americans are assassinated without due process and spied upon at their places of work, worship, and leisure; when civilians abroad are considered necessary collateral damage; when children grow up in the shadow of daily bomb raids; and hospitals, schools, and homes are targeted in pursuit of former allies, people will seek order from any source.
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Grumblin' tummy? Mind ill at ease? You need an empathetic ear! You need a late lunch sogged with grease! White hands hold white hands While black hands wring with grief Over breakfast, eyes meet in agreement What goes for trouble in some parts of town In others ain't worth grieving White hands hold white hands While black hands wring with grief In a park, children doing children's things In a car, lovers doing lover's things The quaint banalities of life Twisted to the moments needs Explanation: There is a clear disparity between how white citizens and citizens of color are treated in the US, and the delineation is no more apparent than in the handling of white terrorists/criminals versus black civilians by law enforcement. There is always time for de-escalation, rationalization, and coddling when black church-goers are murdered, but the weaponization and criminalization of Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Eric Harris, Mike Brown, etc happened before a call was ever made. This dynamic is the foundation of our country and without addressing it, any talk of equality is patently farcical.
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___ 01:49
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Humbug 02:35
True, they left ya blue Hauled off with nana And papa, too! Ain't suncast specters Out near Nevada Just mass graves for geriatrics And the purged Benghazi data "Connie's new curriculum Lists jihad next to mathematics" "Well, little Bobby, turned queer and commie, Now Janet and Bob Sr. clutch their King James in the attic" Excess of time? Burdened! Keenly observant? Burdened! Ignored prescience? Fucking burdened! But little men mind very little What's big around with hollow middle? A burden in excess of hope True, they left ya blue Hauled with nana And papa, too! Ain't suncast specters This side of the border Just mass graves para trabajadores Seeking five and a quarter Will tomorrow look back fondly When today's spent spitting forward? What's big around With hollow middle? The past despairs! "Beware: The Humbuh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bug! The Humbuh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bug!" What's big around With hollow middle? The hoax of hope Explanation: Conspiracy theories have surrounded ol' Barry O since his election in '08, but his grand designs for septuagenarian death camps, turning white children into gay, Bolshevik, atheists, and implementing Sharia law have largely taken a back seat to reality. His administration has deported more people than his reviled Republican predecessor; expanded drone operations in the middle east; overseen and extended inherited military occupations while initiating brand new ones; given military, material, and political support to right-wing leaders with ties to Reagan's death squad day; remained limp as police have continued their war on the black community; and violence against women, POCs, and the LGBTQ community has continued unabated. This is the legacy of Hope.
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It ain't that I don't like nobody, I just don't like any of you Explanation: It ain't that I don't like nobody, I just don't like any of you.

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Recorded By James Rumsey.

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released June 8, 2016

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