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The Doctor, the Girl, and Death (circa. 1920)

More of my art @alwaystiredshark

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There's a hole in our logic (Aquarius)

There's a hole in the sky (Libra)

And one day just like magic (Pisces)

We're all going to die (Scorpio)

'Cause we didn't turn the lights off (Leo)

And we didn't take the bus (Sagittarius)

Even though we know we should have (Virgo)

Oh, silly old us (Capricorn)

Well, we should have recycled (Gemini)

And saved our resources (Taurus)

While there's still someone else's (Sagittarius)

Someone call the armed forces (Aries)

And we'll blame it on terror (Cancer)

Also known as religion (Pisces)

But we shouldn't feel guilt (Leo)

For protecting our children (Cancer)

Excuse me, sir (Virgo)

But is this what they call denial? (Libra)

Just to carry on regardless (Aries)

We'll only do it for a while (Gemini)

We'll carry on straight down the line (Aries)

Down the road to nowhere (Scorpio)

Do you know where it is leading us? (Sagittarius)

And do we even wanna go there (Gemini)

I don't have the answers (Aquarius)

I don't know where we start (Aries)

Start to pick up all the pieces (Virgo)

Of everything we've torn apart (Scorpio)

Now, you'd think that we'd be grateful (Taurus)

For the fact we've got a choice (Libra)

Instead we throw it back at people (Sagittarius)

Who don't even have a voice (Gemini)

And the teachers always told us (Aquarius)

Told us we should love thy neighbor (Libra)

And my mother always told me (Cancer)

Told me I should vote new labor (Capricorn)

But I don't know who to trust (Taurus)

And I just find it all confusing (Pisces)

All as useless as each other (Virgo)

Past the point of being amusing (Gemini)

Excuse me, sir (Virgo)

But is this what they call denial? (Libra)

Just to carry on regardless (Aries)

We'll only do it for a while (Gemini)

We'll carry on straight down the line (Aries)

Down the road to nowhere (Scorpio)

Do you know where it is leading us? (Sagittarius)

And do we even wanna go there? (Gemini)

Excuse me, sir (Virgo)

But is this what they call denial? (Libra)

Just to carry on regardless (Aries)

We'll only do it for a while (Gemini)

We'll carry on straight down the line (Aries)

Down the road to nowhere (Scorpio)

Do you know where it is leading us? (Sagittarius)

And do we even wanna go there? (Gemini)

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Death holds dominion over the world. Alter. April 1, 1898.

The illustration by Otto Seitz appears in the magazine Alter (Old), a parody of the trendy Munich art journal Jugend (Young). It apparently makes fun of Jugend's earnest seriousness and fondness for symbolism.