"Garageland" (1977)

I don't wanna hear about what the rich are doing,
I don't wanna go to where, where the rich are going,
They think they're so clever, they think they're so right,
But the truth is only known by guttersnipes.

Lyrics by Joe Strummer & Mick Jones (The Clash)

From a book review

"Osman's etymologies uncover social and economic prejudices, suggesting that the legacy of slavery remains in the strata of the words we speak." (p. 252)

Chicago Review 57:1/2 (Summer/Autumn 2012) — Kate McIntyre — reviewing Jena Osman, The Network, (9781934200407) Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2010. (115 pp. $17.95)

Worstward Ho (1983)

"All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

— Samuel Beckett
Worstward Ho (1983)