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2010, 2011, 20th century, 5*, art, capitalism, film, growth, Have, hippies, history, music, philosophy, poetry, samsara, society, writing
where
Have
all the poets gone who sung our hidden sex and soul under tight shirt collars and high-heeled shoes? Where have all the hippies gone who simply placed the flower in the barrel of the gun pointed at us? Where have all the socialists gone who testified a simple right again before Account and Product? Where have all the rebels gone who choked on ‘why’ with their blue suede shoes having found – and lost – True Love? Where have all the philosophers gone who waded – wastedly – across the currents whether there was a bank or not? Where have all the novelists gone who picked the threads from the tangled ball and wove tapestries that lined our walls? Where have all the movies gone that landscaped our journeys with the opening credits and close-upped how lost our lives had become? The artists? The visionaries? The innovators? The seers?
they were there during
the fin de siècle
during the 20s after
the War during the
30s as it all descended
during the 40s as it
all depressed during the
50s as it got all angry
during the 60s as it
blossomed during the 70s
as it …
… career the relevant universities industry are funding silent cuts the noise image message is USP wallpapered chic over fashion everything lies the agenda word point is question proliferated sound- diffuse bite to really semantic but focus the not idea needed is same blanked product because recession there bail is out ‘nothing…’ thank ‘new…’ you bought the package innovation market is forestalled price for outcome lack led of satisfaction purchase guaranteed
and the prophecies are not made
anymore because they’ve all
come true
who owns the word
who owns the air
who owns thought and speech
who owns song and care
I certainly don’t but I am aware
that somebody does when
I reach out and touch
and offer there’s always
somebody I have to pay usually
whole cadres of them
… they’re still thinking and
painting they’re still writing
and seeing they’re still
creating and knowing
I suppose, but
… they’ve all been
Had we’ve all been
Had where oh where is
everyone
now?
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20th century wormhole: warp and weft
capitalism & Have & history wormhole: bargain
film wormhole: ‘to all the film-makers today …’
music & writing wormhole: sit
poetry wormhole: this is not / a poem
samsara wormhole: Confession
society wormhole: angular hardened and defined