Transistor

There will be a revolution or there will not. If the latter these poems
were nothing but entertainments. If the former it will succeed or fail.
If the latter these poems were better than nothing. If the former it
will feature riots fire and looting and these will spread or they will
not. If the latter these poems were curiosities. If the former it will
feature further riots manifestos barricades and slogans and these
will leap into popular songs or they will not. If the latter that’s that.
If the former these popular songs will be overcome or they will not.
If the latter these poems were no different than the songs. If the
former the popular itself will be abolished via riots barricades
manifestos occupations and fire or it will not. If the latter we will
spend several more decades talking about culture. If the former the
revolution will at this point be destroyed from within or without. If
the latter these poems went down fighting. If the former it will
feature awful confrontations with former friends and there will be
further manifestoes new slogans ongoing occupations and
communes and lovers will be enemies. We do not know what
will happen after this point but surely this is enough to draw
some preliminary conclusions. The poem must be on the side
of riots looting barricades occupations manifestos communes
slogans fire and enemies.

Joshua Clover