My Jandek Plague Journal: 6/7/20 "Where Do You Go From Here: Part Nine"

"Where do you go from here?/Make up your mind./Decide/Where do you go from here?" Woke up to videos of massive rallies across the US. In Philly, the sheer amount of people flooding the Ben Franklin Parkway was stunning. They don't get that kind of crowd on the Fourth of July. Mayors are announcing that their police departments will stop using tear gas for 30 days. It feels like victory. Until you learn that the department has used up all its tear gas and it'll take 30 days to resupply. Small changes are happening, victories are being won--Frank Rizzo no longer curses the streets of Philadelphia and the Marines have banned the Confederate flag--but, as I said before, I'm worried this will lead to complacency. People might start imagining the work is done. In that context, it's somehow good that the police remain actively monstrous--it keeps people in the street demanding change now. -6/7/20. "Where Do You Go From Here: Part Nine" from Where Do You Go From Here (lyrics) (one week earlier) (one week later)