this could be heaven or this could be hell

All around me
Surrounding me
communitas communitas
transitions all linearly occuring 
this moment, this summer
this planet, this place 
and yet. All different moments.
Your highschool grad
your retirement
your promotion
your baby
my summer .
is filled with nothing
and everything -
pure joy in vitamin D
as I listen to the same songs
over and over alone
and smile as nothing happens.
On a dark desert highway
cool wind in my hair
warm smell of colitas
rising up through the air
you know if you drive
fast enough you get a
cathartic release?

plan your obsolescence
so you're not so surprised
when you get there
mirrors on the ceiling
pink champagne on ice
free yourself from your mind
it controls your life.

The term 'liminal' refers to a ritual that marks passage from one phase of life to the next: a baptism, a graduation, a honeymoon. In contrast, a typical 'liminoid' event such as a rock concert, a rave or a polyamorous consensual group sex party occurs outside of the mainstream, but a liminoid event marks no such life transition. The defining characteristic of the liminoid space is that all participants act as equals. Social or caste rankings are discarded, and all present enjoy an egalitarian mutual affection for one another. Turner's name for this spontaneous solidarity and love was the Latin word communitas.
Dr. Christopher Bing, Ph.D., An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk

oh, and thanks for the communitas, my liminal friends.