Under the Throes of Big Umbrella
How odd and yet perfectly logical that a description of a dystopian future defined by cannibalism and disassociation has the same feel as America under Trump: “It’s a shrill silence…
[A Living 404]
How odd and yet perfectly logical that a description of a dystopian future defined by cannibalism and disassociation has the same feel as America under Trump: “It’s a shrill silence…
“So we own Venezuela now? Can you explain that to me with America First?” “Trump had to take in another country. He’s eating for two.” “Are you still on that…
“We never talk about climate change anymore.” “We are in the midst of the great reset.” “A reset? You think the climate is resetting itself?” “Oh god no. We are…
“It’s time for us to stop being soft on immigrants.” “That’s an odd thing to say. Trump demonizes them at every turn, and we’ve had months of mass deportations, disappearings,…
“All that talk about the BBB bill hurting the poor. It’s all BS.” “Obviously. Of course. But…let’s say, purely hypothetical, some crazy person claims that this bill hurts the poor…
“Can you believe all those leftists are saying that Trump is drowning his own supporters?!?” “I feel fine. I’m breathing alright, and we have the cleanest air and the cleanest…
“Do you see that some shitty fan heckled a baseball player about his dead mother?” “I did. It was in Chicago. He was heckling Ketel Marte about his mother. Last…
“I went to Saturday’s Super Trump Tank Parade, and it was awesome. I had a whole bleacher to myself—It was like getting an empty row during a flight. Too bad…
“Great news! I heard from a reputable source that Trump is going to birth his great big American baby this Saturday.” “Birth on his birthday. Perfect timing. All part of…
“—you know what a tyrant is? Somebody who pisses on your shoes and blames you for it.” from The Skin and its Girl. by Sarah Cypher. pg. 49. “Zelensky sure…