TE19 Iberian Adventure

My Plague Diary

Red now indicates a lack of air, the epidemic; blue, other crimes.

“I got my own special way

I know Jesus loves me

Maybe just a little bit more”

Bierce, sarcasm: “war is God’s way of teaching us geography”. Pandemics, too.

The movement of the invisible animal traces an itinerary and a new map.

By the number of dead in each country you can see where the un- seeable creature is going.

TomWaits’s voice coarse and concentrated in the throat muscles; between a shout and a whisper, some kind of midpoint that exists around there.

“Fall down on my knees every Sunday

At Zerelda Lee’s candy store

Well, I’ve got to be a chocolate Jesus

Make me feel good inside”

When blue means crime nothing on the ground can be calm.

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