“Crackle Hum”
pencil on Fabriano 75 lb
5.5 x 8.5 | 14 x 21.6 cm
March 4 2023
Crackle Hum
The sound of paranoia and anxiety permeated the landscape
Of radio waves of my youth
The sound of vacuum tubes of AM radio
It began with the Bay of Pigs
And JFK on the brink of pushing the button
to listening to the news of the Vietnam War
Crackle hum
“The Fall of America” of Allen Ginsberg
That chorus of crackle hum
Naming the paranoia of war
“5 to 1” from The Doors
Giving way to the Revolution
Would LSD cause me to think I could fly
It only took the statistic of one to make
That reality another crackle hum
Transistors in the wires of anxiety
Numbed a generation to this landscape
Anxiety without a soundtrack is louder
The spirituality of turning the channel to no station
Sitting for hours watching the white noise
Hoping for an alien message as hope
That we aren't alone and salvation for humanity
Isn't dependent upon us
The crackle hum of high tension wires
Electrifies the air of this landscape
The air is thick with radio waves
Each person's voice has its own broadcasting station
Cellular and diminished to bars on a screen
Can you hear me now?
Digitally breaking up
Crackle crackle hum
Oliver Loveday © June 12, 2023
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