somewhere sideways in time east of the swamp---cobralingus simister is breakkkking up---C.o.M. is shadowy green, underwater---first reddened by the itch then blackened by the virus, the mancs are now weeks without drinking water---this is the first bloody now---the roofs of tall buildings can be seen waving from side to side just beneath the surface of the salty sea---muir eireann has swollen and flooded the nw of england---not much longer allowed---where down had been is now up---left is right and vice versa---the names of the first---the leftside industrial estates---scenes from dry land---underwater coastline---i am learning to slide type---those counties that are landlocked and those counties which are fogbound---the too once the is---the englande and all that it be---we have become numbed---from what once was---which now disappears under the waves---from the quayside---those that were tallest---swept them away---the days---the small towns---all that is left of the pennines now slopes down towards the new coastline to tug at the under-sea---what was once the world's first industrial city is now the world's first underwater city
---as in the clouds above---as if we were expecting them to disappear---the names of the towns and the cities---are forgotten---the ends of my fingers are hardened from too many hours spent typing---heaton park is a coastal swamp---at low tide the fingers of the city poke upwards---the answer to the riddle of the exploding star (cassiopeia a) is in yer dna---but where?---you have to look harder, girl---look up in the clouds---or the set below the sea---or under the skin---over the amm---we set the surface alight---(why don't you just give up?)---i've had band members calling me all day---in tears---my career is over---very small particles can pass through this space---this is the subliminal boy calling---i was off to see the family---but i am being redirected---by emopunks from venus---my brothers davy stevie and marty---some small alterations---knee-deep in the december snow---hiroshima and nagasaki---gravity's rainbow---master master this is recorded thru uh flies ear 'n you have t' have uh flies eye t' see it---some while later there was a knock at my door---it was she---i pretended i was not at home---i pretended i had the flu---i had changed my mind---it was the last time i saw her---people of m_________ you have been dosed!---sos---save our souls---p.a.u.l.---peace and universal love (yeah sure!)---he touchs her knee under the table
---paul---it's sooo bright!---here in the city of the now cobralingus---alexander---little green men in the streets---my appendix is still in---my tonsils are still in---ulysses---we must try to map what is left of the city---lawrence---the shadowy green underwater streets---your words have been wiped clean---the recorder is set---the re-order is set---the tape is blank once more---so where will we go now?---yours sincerely---the earth (still revolving)---these cd sleeves are fucking useless---ruined---i'm fading away---i will be evicted in six days---that's around 6.72 billion retinal images---new low-price pleasure yourself genuine sex ads from space---courtesy of the lady p xxx---she has comedown here to earth---pasted onto the inside of an old red telephone box within a certain area---the gone looks---at the third beep the time will be 10.02am exactly---beep---a message from the alice kettle---we all say hello---beep---a message from azalia snail---this is petal metal---beep---a message for astronaute 16680---it's all gone and that is that!
---the fabric of time is splitting---we're up to white nancy and i can see all the way to the atlantic---which ain't so fucking far these days is it?---y'see ireland is no more---ireland is the new atlantis---the rest of the british isles will follow---pretty soon now---london is drowning and i---i live by the river---what a song---by some anonymous artist---a message for the automated alice---yes it's high (jeff) noon---turn it down!---where was i?---ah yes, the earth is in a state of emergency---hmmm it always seems to be---floods earthquakes tsunamis tornados hurricanes volcanos global-warming the greenhouse effect comets and asteroids pandemics alien invasions---fucking hell---man-made all of 'em every last one of 'em---here there be sonicinducers & weatherbusters etc etc---and at the third beep the time will be 10.03am exactly---beep---a message from the needle aliasing corps---beep---you should have read the manual first! the answers to your questions are in here---beep---you were supposed to wait forever!---beep---fifteen years of wondering is not puzzlement enough
---my sisters juliaandcatharine know---the third world knows---the afterlife knows---the elves and those other entities know---god and the angels and the saints all know---(''does that include st b?'' asks little sue)---the universe knows---the multiverses know---the dinosaurs knew---the peoples of the future know---this is THE mass-hallucination---and it begins there---and it begins here---the landing of a craft from another galaxy---somewhere sideways in time and west of the swamp---C.o.M. is still beautiful shadowy green and under furth(u)r deluge
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