Taylor Telford

"I want to be the first insect politician"

after David Cronenberg and Torrey Peters (featuring a retweet, a line from “The Fly” and a quote from
Peters’ recent conversation on Between the Covers)

Do   caterpillars                  know     what’s       gonna                happen     to  them?        Are   they   born
knowing                   or    does   someone                 who   loves  them                have           to    sit       them
down    &     try    to                     make     change               make   sense                    with      cartoons      or
sock   puppets?    What    on    bug’s                green  earth        could    help   you                   understand
that         what      you          are               is    already          a    dream                 that         you                   had?
Maybe   something  like:               “The                         body                 determines              what   you   can
convince                              others         you   are,”            or      “Most   people      would                         give
anything            to   be   turned   into                  something      else.”               Me,      I’d   need               no
ushering     toward                     that                  point    of                        no                                             return
but   I know             it’s   not         so   freeing          to   learn         you’re at         the  mercy               of all
the   wrong               ideas.                            Try:      there  is                       no  manager              for   you   to
complain   to.               Or:      How  about        the  thrill  of  plunging  mandibles              first        into
the         plasma   pool,            whose                     side      effects       include         making         it         easier
to   love         you?                                   Last                      ditch,                                  there’s       always    this:
you    can’t                     change   the   mind            without   changing                                          the    body
but            after    that            you       can                       still                  change                 your                 mind.