Just words
Do you want them or don’t you?
It’s up to you,
Send them out there
Let them sink in
Off you go then
On your way
Either make an effort or don’t bother
Use it or lose it
Have an impact : good, bad or indifferent
Just don’t ignore them
They’re either for you or against you
There’s no going back
Once they’re out there
That’s it, they’ve gone
It’s out of your control, they’ll either sink or swim
Let them float or drop like a stone
There’s only so much you can do to prepare them
They’ll make their own way in the world
There’s nothing you can do about it
In the end it’s all just hot air.
Distilled Conversation (with Alex Hetherington) at InterviewRoom11
Talk about wealth
tends not to be revealed
how you employ yourself
that libertarian thing
their entire universe
welfare state
accepted behaviour
invisible part
voluntary sector
armies of people
not acknowledged
no recognised value
people in power
invisible strings
gigantic symbol
most subsidised family in the country
Queen’s Gate
parameters within
the way they are linked
floral image
pageant that goes on in the background
pretend they are engaging
blacked out image
the lion and the unicorn carved in gold
money no object
mug shot
erasing him
miners strike
working on behalf of the elites
being toxic
turn a blind eye
their own invisible platform
to remain bouyant even through very rough seas
invented the ship to keep them stable
invented the storm
into the sea with no life-raft.
I can smell the money
an atmosphere of wealth
surprised at the contrast
just very different
questioning authority,
subtle in some ways but in other ways, quite unsubtle
what does it really mean?
jobcentre ethos
masquerade
making yourself presentable
fulfilling a preconceived notion
an ordeal
get the hell out
place of fear
authority to cut your money
power relations
DNA of the room
alot of pain in there
interference that is an intrusion
infantilised
need to grovel
scum of the earth,
education without debt
spectrum of tolerance
cultural renaissance
moving where its easier to exist
gravitating to places
hermetically sealed
gated community
pomp and circumstance
transcribing the veneer of importance
symbols of power that seem benign
interpret them as malevolent
open to interpretation
dismissive thing
something more unifying, more noble
imprisonment and capture
last bastion
under siege
keeping people out
keeping people in
gates of permission
you can’t take it with you
an examined life
tries to make order
narratives
percolating away underneath,
devoid of human emotion
tolerated behaviour
narcissitic tool
law of consequences.
manipulate the system
power of collective action
pay attention to the ghosts
the first day of a new nation
Copyright Janie Nicoll, with thanks to Alex Hetherington.
Do you want them or don’t you?
It’s up to you,
Send them out there
Let them sink in
Off you go then
On your way
Either make an effort or don’t bother
Use it or lose it
Have an impact : good, bad or indifferent
Just don’t ignore them
They’re either for you or against you
There’s no going back
Once they’re out there
That’s it, they’ve gone
It’s out of your control, they’ll either sink or swim
Let them float or drop like a stone
There’s only so much you can do to prepare them
They’ll make their own way in the world
There’s nothing you can do about it
In the end it’s all just hot air.
Distilled Conversation (with Alex Hetherington) at InterviewRoom11
Talk about wealth
tends not to be revealed
how you employ yourself
that libertarian thing
their entire universe
welfare state
accepted behaviour
invisible part
voluntary sector
armies of people
not acknowledged
no recognised value
people in power
invisible strings
gigantic symbol
most subsidised family in the country
Queen’s Gate
parameters within
the way they are linked
floral image
pageant that goes on in the background
pretend they are engaging
blacked out image
the lion and the unicorn carved in gold
money no object
mug shot
erasing him
miners strike
working on behalf of the elites
being toxic
turn a blind eye
their own invisible platform
to remain bouyant even through very rough seas
invented the ship to keep them stable
invented the storm
into the sea with no life-raft.
I can smell the money
an atmosphere of wealth
surprised at the contrast
just very different
questioning authority,
subtle in some ways but in other ways, quite unsubtle
what does it really mean?
jobcentre ethos
masquerade
making yourself presentable
fulfilling a preconceived notion
an ordeal
get the hell out
place of fear
authority to cut your money
power relations
DNA of the room
alot of pain in there
interference that is an intrusion
infantilised
need to grovel
scum of the earth,
education without debt
spectrum of tolerance
cultural renaissance
moving where its easier to exist
gravitating to places
hermetically sealed
gated community
pomp and circumstance
transcribing the veneer of importance
symbols of power that seem benign
interpret them as malevolent
open to interpretation
dismissive thing
something more unifying, more noble
imprisonment and capture
last bastion
under siege
keeping people out
keeping people in
gates of permission
you can’t take it with you
an examined life
tries to make order
narratives
percolating away underneath,
devoid of human emotion
tolerated behaviour
narcissitic tool
law of consequences.
manipulate the system
power of collective action
pay attention to the ghosts
the first day of a new nation
Copyright Janie Nicoll, with thanks to Alex Hetherington.
