Mark Leyner Quotes
It's The Same Thing That Makes All Pop Music So Heartbreaking. Even When Miley Cyrus Sings "So I Put My Hands Up, They're Playin' My Song / The Butterflies Fly Away / I'm Noddin' My Head Like 'Yeah!' / Movin' My Hips Like 'Yeah!'" In Her Song "Party In The U.S.A." It's That Chirping Mirth Against A Backdrop Of Despair, That Juxtaposition Of Blithe Optimism Against All The Crushing Brutalities And Inadequacies Of Life. The Image Of An Ineffably Beautiful Butterfly Flitting By The Shattered Windows Of A Dilapidated, Abandoned Factory Is Not So Poignant Because It Highlights The Indomitable Life Force. To The Contrary, The Butterfly (and The Pop Song) Is Like A PowerPoint Cursor; It's There To Whet Our Perception Of And Strengthen Our Affinity For What's Moribund, For What's Always Dying Before Our Eyes. Loving The Moribund Is Our Way Of Signaling The Dead From This Shore: "We Are Your Kinsmen ...
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