2023
TIME PAST AND TIME FUTURE
I HAD HIGH HOPES FOR ALL THIS
BUT I CANNOT IMAGINE TIME
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IN TIME
I TRY
I TRY TO AVOID PHANTASY AND EXTRAPOLATION
AND PESSIMISM AND OPTIMISM
THE CHINESE HE SAID AND INDIA AND EXTRAPOLLUTION
IN 23, 17 YEARS FROM NOW, I WILL BE 78
BUT THE WORLD WILL BE SAVED BY MONEY
THIS IS CYNICAL
AND I, I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR IDEAS
MAYBE I WILL LEARN SOMETHING IN 17 YEARS
NOT TO FIGHT THE STANDARD OF MONEY
BUT TO EMBRACE IT
TO MARRY IT WITH IDEAS
TO TURN THE SUFFOCATING POWER OF MONEY-MAKING-MONEY
INTO THE PERSPECTIVE POWER OF IDEAS-MAKING-IDEAS
MAYBE THIS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 2023
ONLY THROUGH TIME TIME IS CONQUERED
ONLY THROUGH MONEY MONEY IS CONQUERED
(HOPE BELONGED TO HIM
BUT SEE
THE BOY DENIED
THE IMPORTANCE
OF KNOWING
TO WHOM HE BELONGED
HIM
WHICH DARK
POWERS
HAD THE RIGHT
TO CLAIM
HIM)
MAYBE IN 23
I WILL BE FREE
I’LL KEEP YOU POSTED
NOTE: THANKS TO T.S.ELIOT, BURNT NORTON II
(THANKS TO JEAN-LUC GODARD, JLG/JLG)
JAN RITSEMA