PICASA MADRIGALS - RICH & RACE

THE PLANET OF SLUMS

CARDBOARD DREAMING

those

poor

carbon

stacks

delegated

an

unbelievable

unrelatable

shitarse

nothing

trapped

by

economics

in the

sad bad acres

of landfill ghetto

on

this

planet of slums

well they dream of having dreams

under polythene and pollution

on biodegradable cardboard sheets

OLYMPIC BULLDOZER

remember when

the bulldozers came ?

and flattened

our awful shacks ?

remember when

the olympics came ?

and they built that wall

to hide us from the road ?

no ?

too busy trying

to fuel

basic metabolism functions ?

me too me too

tho i always wondered

if those bulldozers

they got souls ?

and i feel for them

i mean made for building

werent they ?

and

look

what

they

had

to

do

whats that ?

the drivers you say ?

fuck em

theyre where

civil disobedience

should start

PASS THE BRANDY

theres a purity in being poor

dont you think ?

the simple life

of a frugal man

its got a ring to it

dont you think ?

imagine owning like two things ?

that must be liberating

dont you think ?

like being a monk i imagine

i mean if they

really wanted out

well theyd do something

about it wouldnt they ?

they must LIKE it there

dont you think ?

i can empathise in a way

i mean the waiting list

for bentleys these days

i blame the russians

dont you ?

well come on

pass the brandy

tarquin old chap

i cant face

the stables and mother sober

ARISTOCUNTS

and we cherish them

dont we ?

its our culture

isnt it ?

the races

afternoon tea

ski chalets

the boys club

daddys off-shore

the estate

the penthouse

butlers

maids

stable boys

an ancient groundskeeper

pheasants

foxes

stiff upper lips

backbone

harmless isnt it ?

like

a

costume

drama

like when we had india

MIDDLE

and the

royal-crazy mentalists

on the

low rungs

and the

professional clusterfuck

in the

madness middle

they

defend

the

world

above

them

preserve it

its their dream

all sure

they got some

blue blood somewhere

and

they

all

want

pity

for being left out

a guiltless way in

and never having

to look down

again

at those

trapped

down there

by

economics

on our

planet of slums

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THOUGHTS ON TECH AND WEALTH

1. WEALTH

we're 
not 
Flatscreen Widescreen Touchscreen 
  RICH
if
they're 
not
Landfill Landmine Landgrab
  POOR


2. TECH

30 yrs after Deep Blue
motherboards
are
litter
on
3rd world beach - 
Deep Blue dismantled in chess win anti-gratitude
now
answers
phones
for
American Airlines

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FALSE STILTS

its hard and its far
and
theres no time 
so
tie boot laces tight
against
the
oceans
that
make
other places seem impossible

it looks short but it feels endless
this
functioning mush / this advertised median
between 
the unkillable poor
and
the
miserable lost smiles
of
the
rich

but you
can
still
smell
the
roses

or
paint
them

if you have allergies

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