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as a boy

as a generic child really
I saw so much acting in front of me
on the stage, in the theatre

that I never lost that antenna for affective reactions
performed to some text, snippets of grandiose ideology,
dramaturgical theology, roles of bureaucrats,
or a factotum trained in the art of not plurally playing 'themselves'

in other words,
I never met people who are not possessed
by an affective performativity
linked to some law, to local prejudices,
to personal lies motivating their intentions

real -unencumbered- people
are never/seldom found
within a conformist/destructive culture...