THE MOST
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"THINK
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HEY
hey. observe your slick
billboards that presume the blue
sky's emptiness needs margarine.
do not now miss the butterfly rebuffed
for those goddam stupid shoes.
billboards that presume the blue
sky's emptiness needs margarine.
do not now miss the butterfly rebuffed
for those goddam stupid shoes.
THE COUPLE
consider phil : professional,
young, urban, mobile, fair.
phil's mate: racquel, a natural
in all phil is. nice pair.
by bent phil moves with business haste.
so does racquel. their trade
demands rapidity : time waste
is sin where time's prepaid.
speed marks the way in business spheres.
from 8 till late phil speeds
through meals and deals. racquel's career's
contrived on like time's needs.
yet phil, employed, maintains his face;
racquel her suit to boot.
no panic in phil's face, no trace
of same in racquel's suit.
executive at 23,
fair, urban, mobile, wise --
in glossy mags or on tv
phil's likeness doubles size.
racquel herself repeats phil's rule.
the couple beautify
business. young, urban, mobile, cool --
they strike the public eye.
phil and racquel do business good :
make coolness one with haste,
make haste with coolness as they should
style looks, name, place, work, taste.
the public eye takes to the scene
of phil, racquel and such;
appreciates what models mean,
sees business goodness much.
young, urban, mobile, fair.
phil's mate: racquel, a natural
in all phil is. nice pair.
by bent phil moves with business haste.
so does racquel. their trade
demands rapidity : time waste
is sin where time's prepaid.
speed marks the way in business spheres.
from 8 till late phil speeds
through meals and deals. racquel's career's
contrived on like time's needs.
yet phil, employed, maintains his face;
racquel her suit to boot.
no panic in phil's face, no trace
of same in racquel's suit.
executive at 23,
fair, urban, mobile, wise --
in glossy mags or on tv
phil's likeness doubles size.
racquel herself repeats phil's rule.
the couple beautify
business. young, urban, mobile, cool --
they strike the public eye.
phil and racquel do business good :
make coolness one with haste,
make haste with coolness as they should
style looks, name, place, work, taste.
the public eye takes to the scene
of phil, racquel and such;
appreciates what models mean,
sees business goodness much.
SUM OF HER
she paid her bills on time.
the telephone company, her creditor,
the mortgagor, the water corporation --
all did not once have to call or send
Account No. 60195748 crisp letters
(stamped with the eloquent stamp
of such magnificent institutions
and sealed in eloquent envelopes)
detailing sums owed.
the telephone company, her creditor,
the mortgagor, the water corporation --
all did not once have to call or send
Account No. 60195748 crisp letters
(stamped with the eloquent stamp
of such magnificent institutions
and sealed in eloquent envelopes)
detailing sums owed.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
'All We See Is Joy' *
plays over and over
@ the big store
with the hurrying-scurrying
throng when half
the world is broken.
Oh let’s 'Win
The Motherload'.
Oh isn't the new
Apple thing exciting.
Again this season
the plutocrats are laughing.
___
* Westfield (Melbourne)
Christmas 2015 campaign
plays over and over
@ the big store
with the hurrying-scurrying
throng when half
the world is broken.
Oh let’s 'Win
The Motherload'.
Oh isn't the new
Apple thing exciting.
Again this season
the plutocrats are laughing.
___
* Westfield (Melbourne)
Christmas 2015 campaign
NOT A LIMERICK
you label sexist vocabulary
what observes principles of parity.
if females now equal males,
what use are further details?
what observes principles of parity.
if females now equal males,
what use are further details?
NO
bodyless, invisible.
make me without a face
that will detest or will impress
where necessary. no trace
of whose identity,
i don't want responsibility.
make me without a face
that will detest or will impress
where necessary. no trace
of whose identity,
i don't want responsibility.