a matter of time
STRAIGHT TO THE PAST BY JACK VENING
God, the future – a big ‘no thanks’ from me. When folks talk about the relentless march of time, it’s never in a particularly positive light. Modern life is already so torturous. There isn’t a government agency on the planet that doesn’t have my personal information on one USB or another. I subscribe to a thousand streaming services and there’s still nothing to watch.
If you ask me what I think the future holds, I immediately hear that white noise experienced by soldiers who’ve been conked in the melon with a bazooka. All the wild places of the world littered with so many discarded DVD cases slowly going brittle and toxic in the sun. Spotify auto-play ads at funerals.
