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MAY 2009 |
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Things for the Benefit of Security Cameras
I’ve been doing things for the benefit of security cameras. Standing straighter, gesticulating more, talking
louder, boarding elevators in buildings I’ve never lived in. Soon the authorities will follow my plot. I’ll get
more complex. Shoplift a box of tampons before shattering a storefront. Stand outside a pub only to follow
random uglies home. Appear, on time, where I’m not employed. Outright senselessness will combat surveillance.
I’ll set a trend. Ridiculous things will happen. Everyone will be masking their real selves with ludicrous fakes. P. H. Madore is the author of Here Lies an American Dreamer and Da Vinci Died Before Cigarettes. He is the first and current editor of dispatch litareview, and keeps a blog at phmadore.wordpress.com. |
