Thursday, 31 May 2012

THE HUM

WE ALL GREW UP WITH THE HUMMMM.....GHOSTS DRIBBLING THROUGH THE WALL SOCKETS, BABBLING THROUGH THE ROOM SPEAKERS. IT WAS NOT WHAT THEY SAID - THEY ALWAYS SAID THE SAME THING, IT WAS HOW THEY DID IT - VOICES SHADED OFF INTO NOISE. THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE. FROM TUNING IN A CRAPPY TRANSISTOR TO LISTEN TO THE TOP 20 (REMEMBER THE TOP 20?) TO CONCENTRATING ON ANOTHER'S WORDS AS THEY TOLD US THEY LOVED US/IT'S ALL OVER/THEY NEED OUR HELP/WE HAVE CANCER AGAINST THE CONSTANT HUM OF THE OTHER. THE LEECH ON THE WIRE. WE ALL GREW UP WITH THE CAPACITY TO SEPARATE SIGNAL - WHICH IS THAT WHICH MEANS SOMETHING TO US; FROM NOISE - WHICH IS THAT WHICH WE CANNOT MAKE USE OF.

THE DEFINITION OF THE UNWORTHY POOR "YOU ARE OF NO OBVIOUS PRESENT USE TO ME", AS OPPOSED TO THE SUPPOSEDLY WORTHY POOR "YOU ARE USEFUL".