Spineless Books Mail Art: The Metaphor War
the metaphor
war is the source of the target
the literal
war instead of the other way around
in the literal
war enemy are killed
to destabilize nations in the metaphor
war enemy can neither be found
nor defeated only engaged
extending the metaphor
war into the literal
war that stands for it
guerrilla resistance to an occupying
power is terrorism
thus the literal
war reinforces the metaphor war
the metaphor
war is not a war
its enemy is not a nation
its enemy is enigma
its violence semantic
the literal
war is a war literally
its violence
violence