My Jandek Plague Journal: 6/21/20 "He Said Nothing: Part Five"

"And he was so distracting/Imbued with his blustery bellow/And his promenade of gestures/Like a floating benevolent cloud/That captures your imagination/When you’ve nothing to do." The president held his first post-opening rally in Tulsa. Tickets sold out and there was a massive overflow area outside where his speech would be broadcast to all the thousands who couldn't get tickets. Masks were not required and attendees had to sign waivers saying they wouldn't sue the campaign if they contracted coronavirus. Insiders said they scheduled the rally to boost the president's spirits: the plague and the protests were making him sad so they sought to pacify him with a shiny rally. And no one showed up. Tickets sold out, but it now appears that was a prank engineered by K-pop fans. Even without that story, the overflow area was empty. It was everyone's first chance to come our and show support for the strongman, and no one was there. -6/21/20. "He Said Nothing: Part Five" from Dublin Friday (lyrics) (one week earlier) (one week later)