The Regime
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And so she throws a tantrum: I cant, she screams to Zubak.
I cant be in that state of being or not being like Im just some person surviving.
Were going back to who I was.
Its been a maddening ordeal for them to make her embrace her role.
Love has disrupted the natural order of things.
at top of her lungs.
She has no idea how badly ordinary people live.
I tried with you.
The twist here is that Elenas brain isnt quite as crippled as Laskin assumes.
Guess I had a little wobble, she says, which is a beautiful understatement.
It was more than a wobble.
Spores
No food, no water, nothing.
Its just fucking poetry books everywhere.
At one of Nickys poetry centers, Zubak concisely describes the countrys entire social-services program.
Zubak dies in the end, but Elena keeps her word about not betraying him.
That has to count for something.
She was always ready to do business with a despot but has to keep it to a back channel.
Now we hear Peter Ceteras voice over Zubaks coffin and the lyrics stand in earnest.
