literal litter

Litter is a kind of symbolic language, telling one about the life and times of a society. I’ve noticed the new litter features many discarded face masks.

shooting ourselves first

In the US we thwart the fear of foreign terrorist attacks by inviting almost weekly homegrown mass shootings.

to fill one's lungs

Smokers who slip out of office doors several times a day get more fresh air and access to the landscape than their non-smoking co-workers.

sticks together

Glut is the glue of the consumerist society.

relative scale

The spectacles got grander and the people grew smaller.

one myth too many

Show me a self-made man, and in seconds I’ll scratch through to the social clay from which he was molded.