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Yesterday I woke up in a panic
Not the panic that swallows every sound
And spins the wheel frantically
But the panic where everywhere all the animals are crying
The insects are too
Birds, Frogs, The Kingdom of Spiders
All prophecy... all allegory
The skyscrapers are on fire
I stay tuned in but the radio only plays a voice in the distance
That is all but shrouded in static
The voice asks for help or advises on where to go for safety
But I can't understand a word
Nor where they are in time and space
I look around to assess the risk
But the silence is frightening
And the room reflects nothing
But the kind of nothing that happens before
Fingers from many hands press through the wooden slats
Covering the windows alerting you that there is no escape
The threat is all around you
Sincerely yours

(Don't panic, don't panic)
(Don't panic, don't panic)

Today I wake up in a panic
A panic where lines of digital distortion travel
Cracked screens scrambling the information
The red and blue flashes of color
Are happening both outside the window
And behind my eyelids inside a dark room
Cacophony swirls in the brightest of hues
As animated characters dance in a loop on the borders of consciousness
Sound bursts in for fractions
And fractured frames sweep by
As life in collaged storms fights for the foreground
Like extras once did in the DMX videos of days gone by
The negative space of spoken words
Weighs heavier than anything that was said
All meanings have been inverted
And regularly converted to different formats
So we are outdated more often than up to date
I am late yet time has lost all meaning
Peace

(Don't panic, don't panic)
(Don't panic, don't panic)

Tomorrow I will wake up in a panic
The architecture is never neutral
Intentions make the walls conform
The networks create connections and monetize reactions
How do you feel about what you have just seen or heard?
How about now?
Is there care or is there none?
The difference is indistinguishable in the analysis
Content is contentment or contestation
The image is the same
You, reflected many times like glitter
Meaninglessness
It's not concrete
It is ephemeral at the same time trackable and traceable
The documentation is shared and predictions made
Chaos is the state
It is the energy for the frameworks
Art, music, communication, and community
Optimized and in high volume
Projection unlimited
Forever is immediate
Panic is pleasure
Contact. Love. Disregard
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(Don't panic, don't panic)
(Don't panic, don't panic)
(Don't panic, don't panic)
(Don't panic, don't panic)