This is my American Shame.
Put it on a shirt and mail it to me, and I will wear it every day until it falls apart, or until something drastic changes.

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This is my American Shame.
Put it on a shirt and mail it to me, and I will wear it every day until it falls apart, or until something drastic changes.
Screen capture from “Fro Zen” music video - click the picture to see it on YouTube.
Model: Kassandra Renee / Lyrik Allure
A moment on memory lane: just randomly came across these. I was promoting a 2-hour long DJ set during the beginning of the Covid pandemic, and I guess you can sense a tone to them...
More train graffiti from Woodburn, OR.
a sad ending
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Forgiveness liberates the soul
that is why it is such a powerful weapon
one that nobody has pointed in my direction
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Shame and uncertainty have taken control
and I wasn’t awake to see it happen
now I am crippled with apprehension
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I’ve given everything I had to give
until there was no more to give
apart from giving away, giving in, giving up, giving ground
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I’ve been down for so long
I’ve considered never returning to the surface
so this is what it’s like to drown
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It’s not easy to fight the enemy
when it resides inside your mind
not easy to live in the present
when you can’t leave your past behind
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I want to change but I can’t do it alone
I don’t know how, don’t have a clue
I need some help; need some hope
I need you.
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I need you.
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If I don’t get out from under this melancholy
it will eventually kill me
what an unfortunate way to end my story
-- Walter Kuzens ( K / Hetflex K / Heteroflexible K ) “a sad ending”
Woodburn, OR.
When I go for walks during the day, I invariably wind up near the railroad tracks, and lately the graffiti art has been vivid and sometimes quite intricate.
mad as a March hare
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Disconnected from the world
and all the people in it
standing on a low island
in the middle of a sea of ignorance
fed up, pissed off, ready to surrender
and have been from the beginning
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It is our enemies, not our friends, that define us
always there to remind us
of our failures, fears and uncertainties
ready to use them against us
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Nobody seems to understand
I am doing all that I can
tried every day of my life to gain happiness
but will likely die a lonely man
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It shouldn’t be so hard to find
peace of mind
but it has eluded me all my life
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Am I crazy? Sometimes I feel that way
ask me what’s wrong; I don’t always know what to say
my sadness is often irrational
moments of bliss, occasional
am I unbalanced, coming unhinged, or just strange?
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What I was younger I was diagnosed
over the years things have gotten worse
never been institutionalized, but they’ve tried
in order to prove you’re sane, you have to lie
and that’s just crazy, isn’t it?
-- Walter Kuzens ( K / HetflexK / Heteroflexible K ) “mad as a March hare”
bad habits and harsh truths
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We hold these truths to be undeniable
that all men are created equally unreliable
we hold these truths to be obvious
we’re approaching a police state; the government is robbing us
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“Protect and serve” is a thing of the past
you are under arrest
to help oil the prison-for-profit machine
if you’ve ever been caught in it, you know what I mean
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“Guilty until proven innocent” is now the norm
don’t expect reform
no education or rehabilitation
that might clog the revolving door
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This is not a conspiracy
this day will not live on in infamy
this is not a protest
it is a dose of reality
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Nothing lasts forever
not love, desire; not even friends
if we stop fooling ourselves
the delusion ends, and we begin to mend
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Hurting is the only language
the bullies of the world seem to understand
your misery is a melody to them
your enemies are their closest friends
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Lies are the currency of politicians
and those in positions of authority
welcome to the brotherhood of deceit
get comfortable with their conceit
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The people you need the most won’t be there
they won’t see, they won’t hear
they won’t know, they won’t care
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Don’t ask anyone for help
try to accomplish what you need by yourself
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We hold these truths to be horrendous
our bad habits are growing worse
and they will end us
-- Walter Kuzens ( K / HetflexK / Heteroflexible K ) “bad habits and harsh truths”