They all wanted to have a monument built to themselves

but the problem was not so easy to solve.

The monument required a hill—for it is said that

one needs to look up to the one that requires celebration.

Well then —if we could not find a hill what would we do?

Well then—people could get down on their knees.

hmmm? that was possible.

When Walt Disney died he asked to be 

frozen—so he is lying around in some freezer

somewhere?

Where?

I don’’t know.

Mickey Mouse is with him but not with him

the image of the mouse lives on and is making money to this 

day—Mickey funds it all and we can’t even draw 

the mouse without paying some kind of royalty fee.

Yes Mickey is a perpetual cash cow.

It does not seem fair—

“FAIR” is not part our the language now

we are not permitted to say that word

since when?

the emperor declared the word “FAIR” to be

eliminated from the people’s dialogue–

at the beginning the the era of Neo-Nero

 sometime near the beginning of the 21st century

during the neo-civil war.

You see there was war declared but it was a war 

without the usual signs….first skirmish was at the Bank

at the bank???

Yes at the bank.

First they sold people stuff they could not afford.

Then they took them to the cleaners and collected

it back so they could sell stuff again.

Then they took away the cash so every one needed 

a card

and if you didn’t have a card you could not have stuff

and if you could not get a card that meant you had

no cash and no ID

You were kind of in a state of non-existence

You know this sounds familiar.

No you think you know but this was the Neo-Nero era

kind of deal——sort of the results of

too much shopping first in stores then shopping moved

on the tv then shopping moved on line

then the shopping moved into the neighborhood

and people started to sell stuff like way beyond

Tupper-ware parties—it got so bad this shopping

biz that people became crowded out of their houses

and then they had to rent storage units to store the stuff

Yes stuff in storage

became the rage

People became more full

as time went on and 

they had to get more storage

and more locks and keys

and more and more

until

Until what?

The landscape littered with box cars

Yes box cars everywhere—

even in back yards and any empty spaces 

that were possible to put a storage unit and fill it with

stuff—

people were more interested in acquiring stuff

than voting or reading the paper or watching tv

or talking to their children or or….

We were lost in the land of storage with no

hope and no future…we were full and at the same

time empty.

How did we get here—from legacy to storage?

It is never easy —these transitions.

Yes like magic

If you don’t keep your eye on the rabbit and the hat

the sleight of hand can kill you.

pass the mashed potatoes.