Letter to the Editors

Mercury Rising #6, April 1992

S.F.B.M.A.:

Howdy, would it be possible to send me a copy of ’mercury rising’? Livingin San Francisco i would see you guys everywhere and long suspected thatsome of you had to be anarchists.

One day, i remember, i was stuck in traffic feeling pretty depressedover living in this post- industrial technological shithole of a society.i would glance at the faces of my fellow commuters, trapped and isolatedin their cages of steel, their faces carrying the blank lifeless expressionsof one living in the throes of survival sickness.

i looked over and saw a bike messenger stranded behind a transit bus,the toxic fumes belching in his face. i immediately thought "lookat that poor bastard" but something caught my attention in his sweatyfatigued face his eyes, there was something wild and crazy in those eyeslike a cunning animal seeking out his prey. i could feel the tension thepent-up energy of this figure sitting on this bike. Something was aboutto happen and i held my breath.

Suddenly this static dreary urban scene exploded as this guy, disregardingall urban protocol, leaped from his position and per formed an amazingacrobatic ballet on his bike through the stalled downtown traffic. it leftme so startled that i erupted in peals of hysterical laughter.

It was at this moment that i knew -i knew how the dinosaurs felt, theLords of creation who ruled the planet in terror for millions of years.when they stood helpless watching the small scurrying mammals making offwith one of their eggs.

I wish you all a lot of success with your labor organization. it’s abouttime for you to show solidarity with one another against the exploitivepractices of the companies you work for. If you needs some bucks for mercuryrising’ let me know. Take care.

Solidarity @

Dan

James Daniel Armstrong #04617-051

Federal Correctional Institution

Englewood-Upper East

9595 W. Quincy Ave.

Littleton, CO 80123

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