disconnect

[daveespionage]

Distance from source is
Approximately yours.

Everything is three degrees off
The world feels colder.

Not for lack of trying
But for lack of emphasis.

When its a solid, sober state
Everything's a lot more boring

Until you make it more interesting.

Meta-level phrasing
To avoid saying
"Man, that conversation was awkward."

Whip whap and we're back
Looking at the death throes
Of someone else's science.

Can't let it die
Won't let it die.

Maybe you should let it die.
Maybe its been dead for longer
Than you can imagine.

Do you really,
Really,
Want to bring back baroque?

Because that's what it would
Be like.
It would be
Asking everyone to dress
In period garb
And pretend they are
Speaking a language they've
Never known.

(Which already happens regularly elsewhere.)

Baroque is a term
Substituted here
To protect the innocent.

Imagine though
Instead of Baroque
Your own dead idea
Instead.

Try, try, try to see.
Then enlighten me.

For I'm sure I'm missing
Some key detail.
For I'm sure I'm missing
Some visual cue
Historic reference
Or
Blatantly obvious sign
That tells me
Where to look
And what to do.