BURROUGHS WITH MUSIC （45） SPARE ASS ANNIE AND OTHER TALES－その9

引き続き

William S. Burroughs／SPARE ASS ANNIE AND OTHER TALES [Island／Red Label] release.1993


Art Direction & Design : David Calderly

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William S. Burroughs (vo, words), The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (music), Peter Scaturro (org), Vaughan Martinian (vo)
11. A One God Universe

Organと女性chorusが加わりsoulfulなback trackだ。朗読の方は、相変わらずわけがわからんが。

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Consider the impasse of a one God universe. He is all-knowing and all-powerful. He can’t go anywhere since He is already everywhere. He can’t do anything since the act of doing presupposes opposition. 

His universe is irrevocably thermodynamic having no friction by definition. So, He has to create friction: War, Fear, Sickness, Death…. To keep his dying show on the road.

Sooner or later, “Look boss we don’t have enough energy left to fry an elderly woman in a flea bag hotel bar.” “Well, we’ll have to start faking it.” 

Joe looks after him sourly and mixes a bicarbonated soda. “Sure, start faking it. Sure, and leave the details to Joe.” Now look, from a real disaster you get a pig of energy: Sacrifice, Heroism, Grief, Separation, Fear and Violent Death, and remember one violent death yields more energy than a cancer ward. So, from a energy surplus you can underwrite the next one. So, from a energy surplus you can underwrite the next one. But the first one’s a fake, you can’t underwrite a shithouse! Trying to explain to God Almighty where His one God universe is going. The asshole doesn’t know what buttons to push or what happens when you push them! Abandon ship, god damn it every man for himself! 

Recollect Pope John XXIII saying, “Like a little soldier, I stand at attention in the presence of my captains.” The old army game from here to eternity: Get there firstest with the brownest nose.

引用元：
・Tommi Stough／tommi's blog > OGU（March 7, 2005）
https://worstwriter.com/2005/03/07/ogu/

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これはTHE WESTERN LANDS Chapter 5の一節を、Burroughsがmodifyしたもの。そのままの形は本では見つからない。

THE WESTERN LANDS特有の異様な空気にあふれている。