the way

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2012, 5*, choice, circular poem, compromise, Have, power, society

 

 

 

                                                      the way
                                    because                         into Have
                             nothing                                       is choice
                      you have                                                the power
          have no choice                                                      of Have
                 and if you                                                        is choice
     to keep hold of it                                                         the currency
                    in order                                                         of Have
                  no choice                                                        is choice
                   you have                                                      to make
        if you have power                                               the choice well
                         power but                                        is to be successful
                           is to exercise                           to set
                                                     the option

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

circular poem wormhole: Have-relationships
compromise wormhole: “so …”
Have wormhole: the Schmuck and the Facilitators
power wormhole: Have
society wormhole: compromised

 

waiting

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2013, 6*, choice, Have, Leicester, passing, people, sky, UB40, waiting, windows

                                                      (Burden of Shame)

                           public benches
                      amid municipal plants
                           waiting

                           before
                      the long windows high-
                           enough
                      to reflect only the sky
                           while
                      allaround people and
                           printed
                      pattern whirl and blur
                           in stop-
                      motion agony of choice and deliverance

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

Have wormhole: indignantly
Leicester wormhole: where to find it
passing wormhole: flat
people wormhole: Birmingham / 030413
sky wormhole: promenade
waiting wormhole: weddin’
windows wormhole: Saturday

 

”whatdoyouwantmylove…’ on the train …’

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2010, 3*, child, choice, Have, mother, passing, portrait, speech, train, travelling

 

 

 

                                              ‘whatdoyouwantmylove…’ on the train
                seats ahead constant commentary
                                ‘…rabbits made of strawberries or pineapple?’
                as the Man Who Wears His Head Shaved passes
                                with ‘Scum’ on his t-shirt

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

child wormhole: satisfaction / looking down / – ‘good parent
Have wormhole: Dr Strange #6-13
mother wormhole: guru
passing wormhole: Woolwich Central – / makinglife better II
speech wormhole: parc du Champ-de-Mars
train wormhole: awayday / update
travelling wormhole: losing the mind

 

poessay II

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2010, 5*, choice, democracy, doubt, freedom, Have, individualism, poessay, production, society

 

 

 

                                                      poessay II

                      democracy is the exercise of choice
                           in society
                      society is the field and condition
                           where option is proffered because
                      to have choice you need the freedom
                           of having alternative
                      having alternative requires over-production
                           to provide it

                      the act of choosing is controllable simply
                           by mixing fiscal value and social ethic so that
                      personal choice leaves a frisson of doubt
                           tentative amid the choices of others
                      doubt disempowers action
                           no longer certain
                      disempowered action spores
                           housing estates of closets

                      so there is no freedom
                           there is no free choice
                      there is no democratic society
                           in a Democratic Society

 

 

 

contributing to … poessays
Have wormhole: song
poessay wormhole: poessay III: jijimuge
society wormhole: anxiety of option

 

16

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'scape, 1997, 4*, breathing, cars, choice, morning, speech, Woolwich

 

 

 

                                              16

                      air full of
                      rimmed table tops

                      heavy wood and
                      ‘let’s see over there’

                      the choice not made but prolonged
                      in the smell of new jumpers

                      stepping out of Marks & Spencer
                      breathe the air of parked cars

                      I have 98 pence to spend yet
                      and a morningful of smells

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

breathing wormhole: Dottie
cars wormhole: washing up
morning wormhole: Heathrow / Airport
speech wormhole: Charlotte
Woolwich wormhole: 200310

 

99 // 1

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'scape, 2012, 4*, choice, Have, Manhattan, money, obligation, society, work

 

 

 

                      99

for all the freedom and choice to be Had life is still hard because you have to pay for everything with your work and your money so that you have no time to be free and no money to choose and this leaves you with no humour

                      1

for all the freedom and choice to be Had life is all anxious because you have to pay for everything with your history and your obligation so that you never stop to choose which leaves you always with died hair

 

 

 

^{————w}(O)rmholes_________________________________|—–

Have & society wormhole: avenues of uprise
Manhattan wormhole: ‘so easy to forget to sit …’
money wormhole: ‘travelled a long time …’
work wormhole: To my Mum