tocqueville was one of the most insightful folk to grasp what american democracy was, back when it was, long ago in a time-space erased by american capitalism.
but ace, he believes in what's "real"
because he's not a french aristocrat, you see.
french aristocrats are not real.
ace is real and he believes it.
that's why he's smarter than alexis de tocqueville was.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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