Here in Camazotz...

It came up in conversation today that spreading, malignant grey matter seems to be emanating from the DC area, and that the radius of this effect seems to be expanding. When I was a kid, I read a book by Madeline L'Engle called A Wrinkle in Time, and mentioned the similarity between the choking conformity that was forced upon the people of one of the dark planets in that story (Camazotz) and the current political climate in this world. The person I was talking to remarked that every time she heard the word "Camazotz" she felt like filking the song from the musical "Camelot".

Not wishing to disappoint this person, I did the filk. It was horrible! Her comment to me after being the victim of this horror was,

"AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Ok, that's it (or IT), I'm never going to watch that musical again... (wow, that was good...and waaay too fast. You're scary...)"

For those who have not read A Wrinkle in Time, "IT" was the Giant Brain that controlled the planet Camazotz and everyone on it. "IT" allowed no deviations from IT's norm. "IT" practiced Total Information Awareness, and allowed no dissent.

But the scariest thing is, the words to Camelot fit the intent of the filk almost perfectly with hardly any modifications. I added a few verses and changed the word "Camelot" to "Camazotz," and modified a few other words, but no other change was made to the existing verses.

That, and it reminds me of my own city.

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