So Alice lost the first round … Welcome to the Looking Glass
Sweet Darling. A friend of your Auntie’s recently said, „If Economic Migrants such as ourselves from Less Desirable (non-EU) Countries truly understood the risks & liabilities associated with accepting a job here, no one would.“
He continued: „I have Swiss friends. Swiss friends who love me. But they do not understand that, just because they get to be artists, that doesn’t mean I do.“
„Sometimes they say to me, ‚If you’re unhappy, just change your job.‘ … they fail to realize that changing my job eliminates my visa status. Which means I would have to leave everyone & everything I now call my home behind.“
According to the rules of chess, when a player is put into check, it must be announced. Otherwise, the check can be ignored.
Last year tulips exploded into Kandinsky-like kaleidoscopes of colors & textures … but not in Basel. In Basel, we paint roses red. Blood red. And never talk about how multimillion dollar corporations attract & contract humans who cannot leave.
Not just once, but again, a Goddess descended into the netherworld with pure intention to save her Beloved.
At the doors of Hades, each gilded layer left her … fell away … like stardust ? She arrived in the pits of Hell naked. Aware.
Flayed. She rotted upon a skewer felt deeply inside her belly until her fetid flesh fed earth.
Then.
Fingernails blackened with tar & lungs filled with forever, she clawed her way toward the surface & gasped.
You forgot to say, „Check.“
In all the discussions about immigration, open borders, and border control, everyone always worries about who is getting in. The enticements are enchanting. Though, please consider this, Darling, once lured & you follow that White Rabbit to Wonderland from a non-EU country, when will you realize that you’ll never be able to fall up that hole … or awake from Alice’s dream … or her nightmare …
And then, what are you gonna do, Dear Reader ? What are you going to do ?
XO
AS
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