Viewpoints 12 18 96 I The Macroscopic Perspective You underestimate -- both of you Preppy grunge and I lie somewhere in between in the vast gray of poseurs lit intermittently by true individuals (true paradoxie) -- this gray this limbo My state before conception my state after the grubs descend II The Microscopic Perspective Give me a bottle of Coco s sweet-smelling alcohol (chanelnumberfive-numberfive!) and I shall smash it in a bum s lair (whispered ) I look at you and I see myself Obsession The Julliard-cum-Harvard genius COOs of the parfum producers congratulate themselves and leave for home on the arm of an icy blonde (last seen perusing Dostoevsky at ten pages per minute) My face shines with the arrogance of helplessness my whole existence is flawed (last line a blatant ripoff from Closer by Trent Reznor) _____