DON'T GO TO THEBESOedipus You don't have to get married And you don't have to kill your father Dont got to Thebes Really
I mean it
Forget
the throne
Leave
the Sphinx alone
The scars on your ankles were made by the shackles you wore as a child Will you now lock them back on yourself ? I'm
warning you
Don't
go to Thebes
Your
adopted parents love you and I love you
In
fact everybody fucking loves you
So don't go to Thebes
The
Curse of the mummy
The
temple of doom In the country of the blind The one eyed snake is king
Meanwhile Out on the hungry snow road Where
nobody knows your name
It's
so attractive
The
spires and steeples
The
night moth light
The
blood
They
want you for their king
The
prophet king
With
a white stick and a dark glasses
Don't
go to Thebes
At the cathedral The bishop is waiting The
congregation is embarassed
Fuck the coronation
Let
them wait
You
have beautiful eyes
If you oppose the king You will become the king
Don't go to Thebes
Anyway
the city is quarantined
The
baggage handlers are on strike
Beautiful
soldiers at the border
Power cuts
Disinfectant
mats
Books burning in the street
Electric laurel leaves
Swallows
under the eaves
Don't go to Thebes
MEANWHILE At
the exclusive Research Academy
Set
amongst lawns and ancient firs
The
study group is considering the plague
Casting
the runes
Decoding the script
The
Secrets of the crypt the supplement the imaginary
The
Magnets in a vacuum
The
vast accelerator looping out under the suburbs
During the day they walk as men at dusk it's back to four legs Beneath their atomic microscopes they have isolated many strange particles, rods and cones, visions, the mother father figure, the tar baby, the slave trade, the male gaze, Plato's cave, Napoleon, Snowball,Cancer of the mouth, the viral spiral, East of eden, metonyms, metaphors, penis envy, non-diegetic sound, froth, whiteness, night loss and false consciousness. The blind prophet fumbles acetates onto the overhead projector He's working in Greek later published in Latin But the cause of the plague is the search for the cure Born again with amnesia We cannot return any of your pictures but there will be a prize for any work that is shown
Really I'm serious
Dont go to Thebes
Dont
drink the Hemlock
Dont
sign the contract
Dont go back
You dont have to go
You can come with me
We
could build a city without kings and gods...City of super 8 voodoo love,
folk television, plagiarism, experimental gambling, friend swapping, car
boot bartering, pagan ritual, non sexist porn, autonomous lotteries, free
drugs, polygamy, pet cemeteries, sex furniture, transvestites, conversation,
skateboard valleys......whatever you want...I'm open to persuasion...
Really We
can make our own riddles
No
more archeology
No more lords
No
priests
No prophets
Im
so bored of rebel angels
Really I dont think the messiah is coming and you aren't even fucking
close
So I'm telling you Don't go to Thebes.
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