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Life on Mars: The Museum of Obsolescence (Smith 14) ("Special…
Life on Mars:
The Museum of Obsolescence
(Smith 14)
Obsolescence
noun: the process or fact of becoming obsolete or outdated, or of falling into disuse.
The future looking back on humanity and "laughing" at its obsolescence
Context: Tracy K. Smith
Father worked on Hubble Space Telescope
Interested in outer-space
"The South Wing"
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"Old beliefs"
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religion
Is religion outdated? Does it cause more conflict than good
roots of religious persecution, hate, war
Imagine -- John Lennon
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"Laugh, he'll lower his head to his hands and sigh"
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Ashamed?
Angry?
Misunderstood?
Sad he (and civilization) did not realize their views were naive?
"Where a living man sits on display"
Who is he? Is he from the past? a guide there--no, he cares about it
"Special Installations"
Love
Is love an illness??
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If pain does not exist in the future, and neither does love, then....
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Illness
The future does not have pain
Smith associates Love with Illness and portrays them both as entertaining notions to future civilizations
"Concepts difficult to grasp"
"So much we once coveted. So much that would ave saved us"
LOVE = PAIN
cool it's pointing South!
"green money, and oil in drums"
possible focused on an American perspective, since many of other poems are
MUSEUM VIBES
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gimcracks, naive tools, replicas
south wing
display
special installations...up for a season
vendors hawk t-shirts, three for eight
old planet
Planet of The Apes reference? -- Charlton Heston
Tracy K. Smith reads
The Museum of Obsolescence
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