It’s CLEVER to create lines with multiple meanings, to pose
as the paper boy bringing us bad news, even to make veiled
comments about suicide (if only that levee weren’t dry). It’s
CREATIVE to blend music icons, tragedy, death, “dirges in
the dark,” jadedness, changing times, waning faith, Manson,
and even “Satan laughing with delight,” since I suspect he
laughs more now than he did then! It’s APPEALING to be
regaled by fast and slow rhythms—in the same song: let’s
boogie; let’s ponder. It’s UNFORGIVABLE to make light of
Christ’s crown of thorns and to blaspheme the Trinity.
July 29, 2017, written for and entered in Silent One's Iconic Songs Contest
I Have a Serious Case Of... (how the title SUPPOSED to look!!!)
Boredom.
Ennui.
Tedium.
Apathy.
Disinterest.
Indifference.
Lethargy.
Monotony.
Dullness.
Lassitude.
Listlessness.
Repetitiveness (repetitiveness).
Incuriosity.
Jadedness.
Disregard.
Immobility.
Unfocussed.
Distraction.
Disinclination.
Aversion.
Avoidance.
Discontentment…
… or just plain “cannot be arsed”!
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