Panic on the Streets of Manchester

Manchester Against Austerity Protest – 23/05/2015

“We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are crucified alone.”  

-Aldous Huxley 

When I was somewhat younger, around sixteen or so, I used to walk to school every morning, hot or cold. After five minutes of walking I would take an alleyway that led past an old overgrown graveyard. I used to light up a cigarette and look upon the graves. Weeds and nettles and thorns circulated around the crumbling stones, whose names I could barely read. I used to ponder and postulate, is this all I want to be reduced to: some mere forgotten old stone? At the end of the day, that is all there is to be, and that is…