Fw: GRGR(14) couplings

[Jeremy Ludlow]

(little) Creatures
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297.14 : ' tradition sez Enzian had his Illumination, 
          in the course of a wet dream where he coupled
          with a slender white rocket, '

Compare with the somewhat less noble though equally fantastic
descriptions of man-machine liaisons in the Rocket Limericks.

The main idea here might be the mechanization, even militarization, 
of sex and the demeaning of human relations, but I've just watched
a TV documentary on zoophilia so Bear with me (geddit?) : 

There's a body of opinion that sez sex between man and 
beast has been going on since well beyond the year Zero.
I've seen cave paintings to support this, you may prefer
to use your imagination.  Theory holds that this practice
was reflected in legend (eg Leda & Swan),  while fears 
of monstrous offspring resulted in myths of chimaera.

In this section, it seems that machines have taken over from 
animals in more ways than one...

Stretching, and in view of the Raketen-Stadt imagery at 296.24ff, 
might this not be (Luddite) speculation: not only on what's going 
on now (gadgets are 'sexy'; we're in love with our own ingenuity),
but also on what might become of the species as a result.  How 
will mankind evolve if we accept the assimilation of machines?  
Or, less frivolously, will a new mythology arise out of this 
fearful obsession?  Has it already arrived?
A Six-Million Dollar Nietzschean Superman comes to my lowbrow 
mind courtesy of the phone booth ref at 295.29; y'all may be able
to expand; and/or relate the theme to SHOCK, SHROUD, love for
a Duck, etc... 

Meanwhile, a playlist addition :

Oh! You Pretty Things (Bowie)
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Wake up you sleepy head
Put on some clothes, shake off your bed
Put another log on the fire for me
I've made some breakfast and coffee
Look out my window and what do I see
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
All the nightmares came today
And it looks as though they're here to stay

What are we coming to
No room for me, no fun for you
I think about a world to come
Where the books were found by the Golden ones
Written in pain, written in awe
By a puzzled man who questioned
What we were here for
All the strangers came today
And it looks as though they're here to stay

Oh You Pretty Things
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and Papas insane
Oh You Pretty Things
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and Papas insane
Let me make it plain
You gotta make way for the Homo Superior

Look at your children
See their faces in golden rays
Don't kid yourself they belong to you
They're the start of a coming race
The earth is a bitch
We've finished our news
Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use
All the strangers came today
And it looks as though they're here to stay

Oh You Pretty Things
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and Papas insane
Oh You Pretty Things
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and Papas insane
Let me make it plain
You gotta make way for the Homo Superior


JL
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I wanna get animal  [ - olivia newton-john ]
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