The mouthed head is formed from concentrated Staten Islander hatred of paying city taxes, for example. With it, R’lyeh means to rip out New York’s civil service—all the bridge painters and street-sweeper drivers and even the people who work at the DMV, who are as vital to a city’s life as any living thing’s intestines. The chainsaw tentacle is powered by NIMBYism, meant to chop up chunks of affordable housing and public transportation expansions. And there’s more, more, so much more.
