# cities of the near-future it was in the distance as deckard neared the bradbury they saw cities of the near-future forever out of reach forever just beyond ir understanding or total comprehension but then that's no real surprise as designed by reactionary conservative artist and visual futurist syd ir immense scale and far off ultra dense hypercorporate monolithic structures entrances hold credible fascination particularly for researchers of strange imaginary play states such as 'big science' meanwhile heavy acidic rain falls on neon backstreets wet with the condensing stench of commerce / near infinite information shimmering visions of near-future retro 80's lofi video samp recyc footage from a forgotten data archive coupled with a distinct lack of visible sky or horizon line another dark tale of nonmythic hyperadventures lost as a lonely biosynth's tears in the forever crying megacity blue chain of oil tinted raindrops upon the time-smeared windows of an unkempt backwater world // republic of bob