Contributor's contribution: Zone
On the privilege of enjoying a degree of autonomy via inter-agency communication — and not.
M.E. Grey is a British-origin poet based in Brussels.
“I go where I want”
This vision of freedom
in America, for which Kerouac
created the ultimate symbol:
Neil Cassady driving
a stolen car, reckless and drunk
uncoupled from history
We share the aspiration
but not the execution
recognise a greater degree
of responsibility
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You go where you want, sometimes
you go where you’re told, others
in a continent sodden with historical stuff
you are privileged to enjoy
a degree of autonomy
through communicating administrations
So on an occasion when
you’re going where you’re told,
you will meet in Berlin
Bill Blank, who is trying
to go where he wants
but is obstructed not aided by rules
From that vantage point he can weigh
the competitive advantages in the accidents of birth
the value of smooth procedure
and he is not the only one you know
precariously on the inside
still having to look in
Brussels to Berlin, 9/2015