songanddancegirl

REMEMBER WHEN

REMEMBER  WHEN  YOU WERE  YOUNG   YOU SHONE LIKE THE SUN

I once worked with an  elective mute

All of his art involved pieces of machines   trucks    and tubes

He had been psychotic   and his art revealed  the robot self

He was 19    and a deep rumble lived where his voice might

have been    But it was unlikely that he would ever speak again

Welcome to the Machine   this place where a boy    had once  been

Mother should I run for President?

Mother should I trust the Government?

Mother will they put me in the firing line?

Oooh aah  it’s just a waste of time –

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*inspired by  Diego Rivera   Detroit  &  Industry  1932-33    A.G.O.

&  Pink Floyd

Fall  2012

MALCOLM X

MALCOLM    X

I have a friend who quoted Woody   one day

25 yrs. ago    He said:  80% of life is just   showing up

I answer now:  And the remaining 20% involves:

kicking & screaming 

scraping & purring

sturm & drang                                       &  goodbyes

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Fall  2012

MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

MORE     AFFORDABLE  HOUSING

The abattoir down the road   is pumping out

pig smell today    The air is heavy with a sweet

gone rancid stink from hell    But this is   West

Queen West     The fabulous  Art & Design District

So all the hipsters sublimate their  shit   and out the

other end   comes beauty    Personally I prefer breathing

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Fall  2012

DON’T LET THE CABRÓNES

DON’T  LET  THE  CABRÓNES      GET  YOU  DOWN

Frida glowering   with flowers in her hair

Diego a shambling  giant    The woman

beside me  at the A.G.O. leaned in   and

whispered:

He had so many women!       Must have been the charisma –

Frida’s mouth is just so   fuck you –

Especially  in front of  the  Rockefeller Mural

where  Comrade Lenin   features large

Did Mr. Rockefeller think he could buy

the giant sized Communist    with mucho

gringo dineros?      VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN

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*inspired by   Frida And Diego   Passion, Politics &  Painting    A.G.O.

Fall  2012