Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time…

Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical and slick. A zipper is where the Industrial Revolution meets the Cobra Cult.

Sourced, Jitterbug Perfume
(1984)

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