Marcel Duchamp;

long before anyone else
he was the man who
made his success
by taking the piss
out the art market.

I Put My Trust In Ruins

of faiths and religions,
my trust in them is
that they are ruined
-foundations for societies
that will always be shadows
of the projections they
were intended to be.
Never to be completed.
I believe in ruins.

A Bhuddist Fell

into quiet conversation with an atheist,
who was desperately keen
not only to be accepted in his belief,
but that he should be accepted
purely on his own terms.

After some time the atheist's arguments
grew circular and repetitve.
Tired of being urged to convert,
the bhuddist fell quiet.
When finally he was asked for his thoughts
he replied 'My friend let us meet in my next life,
If then you are still an atheist,
let me remind you of this time-
it will help you recall your previous lives'.

At this the atheist fell silent,
the ardour of his belief faded
in recognition of a circular
otherness, beyond himself....

Intelligence And Mistakes

'Intelligence is less to make no mistakes,
but seeing how quickly
you can make them good.'-Bertol Brecht 

The Never Ending Cycle Of Urban Violence

"Don't Blame us for being violent towards rioters 

we learned how to be violent from television"

The Jargon Kings

Investment bankers
are the lunatics who obscure
themselves and others with their jargon.
Their high finance life styles are their asylum,
They are the ones who turn government
into self-government for themselves,
hiding how what it is going to cost others
is accepting a contrariness beyond belief.

Is Coca Cola The New Satan?

Given how drinking it gives so many

diabetes, and so many other diseases,
then we don't really need to ask to find out.