AN ALLCAPS ODE TO THE POWER BROKER
THE POWER BROKER IS A ROBERT CARO BOOK ABOUT ROBERT MOSES. A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING ACCOUNT OF ROBERT-ON-ROBERT CRIME. ITS THE SIZE OF AN OLD PHONE BOOK, THE PAGES ARE GLOSSY LIKE A UNIVERSITY TEXT BOOK FOR SOME REASON, AND IT IS A DENSELY WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. IT FUCKING RULES.
(I WAS ACTUALLY BEING DECEITFUL ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK - IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW ONE MAN, UNELECTED, BENDS A CITY AND STATE TO HIS WILL AND BREAKS IT DUE TO HIS OWN HUBRIS - BUT DO NOT BE FOOLED, THERE ARE SEVERAL DENSE ACCOUNTS OF HOW LEGISLATURE IS DEVELOPED, AND THE INSANE THING IS THAT CARO IS SUCH A GREAT WRITER THAT THESE SECTIONS ABSOLUTELY RIP).
YOU COULD CONCEIVABLY THROW OUT YOUR TELEVISION, BASH YOUR PHONE WITH A HAMMER, INEFECTUALLY FLUSH YOUR ROUTER DOWN THE TOILET, WATCHING IT SPLASH IN THE TOILET WATER OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND LIVE A DELIGHTFUL LIFE WITH THE POWER BROKER BY YOUR SIDE. IT WILL BE A GREAT COMFORT TO YOU. YOU WILL THINK: 'I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY SUBLIME,' AND THE POWER BROKER WILL BE THERE FOR YOU, A CRACKLING FIRE ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, PERFECTLY WRITTEN ON A SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH, CHAPTER, BOOK, WORLD, UNIVERSE LEVEL, SPILLING OUT NEVERENDING INTO THE COSMOS. THEY SHOULD SHOOT IT INTO SPACE FOR THE ALIENS TO READ.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND POWER BROKING.