Here's the first piece of thoughtful writing I've done in a considerable while, though hopefuly I won't stop here but keep going.
BGR: ongoing tale of a nation state
Boy and Girl keep breaking up. To be fair, it is not always entirely Boy’s fault the relationship is so strained, though he does regularly beat Girl up (or abuses her mentally, disregards her views and cuts her CPF). But because Boy is on top (er, so to speak), he bears the greater burden of blame.
We don’t know if Boy is truly repentant, or if he just wants to get re-elected into Girl’s pants again, but Boy always tries to get back together with Girl after every break-up. He does this by doing policy back-flips for her in public, to impress her. Again, we don’t know if Girl is being gullible, soft-hearted, naïve, or even perhaps truly forgiving, but she always accepts Boy’s overtures and they get back together again. After all, Boy’s back-flips do seem sincere this time round, plus he’s now allowed her to dance on bar-tops. But Girl is starting to have doubts. Every make-up attempt from Boy is looking more and more familiar (Feedback Unit, Boy-Girl 2000, Rebranding Boy-Girl etc). And she begins to notice that he’s not actually doing back-flips for her. In fact they look more like handstands, with him vacillating between destiny and past, hands tenuously perched on the present, his reluctant feet in the air. And though he’s also promised to kill cows for her, Boy doesn’t slaughter them so much as hump them (E. E. Cummings, how to hump a cows).
Boy senses Girl’s increasing skepticism, and in an anniversary speech to Girl, he performs more back-flips than ever before. Girl is now truly wowed, as she is now allowed to speak freely indoors, as long as it’s not about his f(r)ace or his nether re(li)gions. But a burnt child fears the defamation suit, and she is no different. Does she want to risk her heart being jailed without trial—again? Does she want to remain within his Tumultuous Holdings—still? Or should she give up on Boy for good and go steady with someone else? After all, Australia has a crush on her, Europe’s a rich kid and America has a cute butt, even if he’s not terribly bright.
And this is where the story ends: with a choice. Has the government cried ‘wolf’ (or rather, ‘speak up!’) one too many times? That question has to be answered by both the Powers and the People. Girl is now watching. Can Boy pull off this backflip?
BGR: ongoing tale of a nation state
Boy and Girl keep breaking up. To be fair, it is not always entirely Boy’s fault the relationship is so strained, though he does regularly beat Girl up (or abuses her mentally, disregards her views and cuts her CPF). But because Boy is on top (er, so to speak), he bears the greater burden of blame.
We don’t know if Boy is truly repentant, or if he just wants to get re-elected into Girl’s pants again, but Boy always tries to get back together with Girl after every break-up. He does this by doing policy back-flips for her in public, to impress her. Again, we don’t know if Girl is being gullible, soft-hearted, naïve, or even perhaps truly forgiving, but she always accepts Boy’s overtures and they get back together again. After all, Boy’s back-flips do seem sincere this time round, plus he’s now allowed her to dance on bar-tops. But Girl is starting to have doubts. Every make-up attempt from Boy is looking more and more familiar (Feedback Unit, Boy-Girl 2000, Rebranding Boy-Girl etc). And she begins to notice that he’s not actually doing back-flips for her. In fact they look more like handstands, with him vacillating between destiny and past, hands tenuously perched on the present, his reluctant feet in the air. And though he’s also promised to kill cows for her, Boy doesn’t slaughter them so much as hump them (E. E. Cummings, how to hump a cows).
Boy senses Girl’s increasing skepticism, and in an anniversary speech to Girl, he performs more back-flips than ever before. Girl is now truly wowed, as she is now allowed to speak freely indoors, as long as it’s not about his f(r)ace or his nether re(li)gions. But a burnt child fears the defamation suit, and she is no different. Does she want to risk her heart being jailed without trial—again? Does she want to remain within his Tumultuous Holdings—still? Or should she give up on Boy for good and go steady with someone else? After all, Australia has a crush on her, Europe’s a rich kid and America has a cute butt, even if he’s not terribly bright.
And this is where the story ends: with a choice. Has the government cried ‘wolf’ (or rather, ‘speak up!’) one too many times? That question has to be answered by both the Powers and the People. Girl is now watching. Can Boy pull off this backflip?
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