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Void by Default · Oct 25, 2022

What Happened.

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Rob Swain · Void by Default

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Pseudo intellectuals tagged the streets,
high on the gas of late ‘90s alternative comedy DVDs from the bin-room.
New age pacifists dropped glock and bomb emojis
to the hottest left-field misogynist rap.
‘The BOMB!’
‘Killer!’
Memes battled for the minds of a generation.
Two million smirks to save the earth.
Sharon called Tracey ‘a fat bitch’ on Facebook.
Nick wasn’t bothered.
It happened.
David walked into the sea.
Sue opened another bottle.

I wrote this in the early days of lockdown, it was initially a little longer but hadn’t aged well. Bizarre, the pace of events over the past few years, shit gets old quick.

Image created using MidJourney Ai. © Rob Swain

Read the original on robswain.substack.com

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