Persistent Evil Intermezzo [best] -

A ternary form (A-B-A) where the 'B' section fails to provide relief, instead heightening the tension.

In an era of climate anxiety and political gridlock, many experience a persistent evil intermezzo collectively. There is no single day of apocalypse. Instead, we live in a permanent state of between : between the old stable world and a future we cannot trust. This is evil as a weather system —always present, occasionally stormy, never clearing. persistent evil intermezzo