there are tiers as in levels to reality on the industrial corner of north 17th street wythe two black public high school kids watch a nordic model get photographed to them she is lunar impossible alien life so as a comet might relate to a traffic stopped taxicab or a bahamas vacation to a stint in guantanamo bay so as access privilege relate to their absolute opposites that s the way that these kids this woman will always relate and it s nobody s fault yeah no one s to blame we all work through the dark we all carry the weight slender shoulders blindfolds spinning in cycles now now now navigate there are tiers as in layers to an experience through each lens metric the image warps every day i m either successful independent largely uncompromised or a non starter never was has been since 2008 and it s nobody s fault yeah no one s to blame we all work through the dark we all carry the weight slender shoulders blindfolds spinning in cycles now now now navigate there are tears as in waterworks and they re threatening to spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon i can t answer anything honestly without an asterisk airquotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth and if it s nobody s fault then i m not to blame i just work in the dark i just carry the weight slender shoulders blindfolds stranded in cycles now now now navigate 