Self-explanatory, sure, but the way it's told is magnificent. The way it progresses very subtly from the dream of a perfect world to the realization that it WAS just a dream, the way the reports go from "the president's been shot and may be dead" to "someone shot him in the FACE". This is Lou the prose lyricist at his best, proving once again that "cynic" is just what you call the biggest romantics after they've had their illusions taken from them.
Self-explanatory, sure, but the way it's told is magnificent. The way it progresses very subtly from the dream of a perfect world to the realization that it WAS just a dream, the way the reports go from "the president's been shot and may be dead" to "someone shot him in the FACE". This is Lou the prose lyricist at his best, proving once again that "cynic" is just what you call the biggest romantics after they've had their illusions taken from them.