shuffling around wal-mart in detroit

in a black silk H&M babydoll nightgown

reflecting on the spiralling cost of living and despair
on godard and pasolini at michigan state
and on how rising fuel and food prices
are creating sympathy for the devil
and triggering hunger riots and political instability on a global level.
there's no right or wrong though

perish the fucking thought!
the overall picture  stacks up on the shelves all around me
mass produced food made from once cheap raw ingredients 

from all four corners of the world
a sort of edible  kabbalah kitchen  to go
sacred bar codes and such
food tranported away from the unholy undernourished
into such tidy rows for busy western housewives
swedish au pairs

whining chaperoned celebs and the gophers of the idle rich

but its a good job they keep their distance

as  outside the crowds  are not queuing for autographs

or to recreate the heyday of studio 54 

they are queing for sustenence

and its getting rowdy 

cars are overturned  in the parking lot
there's looting in the bread aisle
and out of sight of the film crew
for yet another British gangsta movie
a man is beaten to death in the tinned fruit section
and set on fire by an angry panga wielding mob
but we are each somehow in control of our own destiny
responsible for our final destination
these celebrity beliefs!
articulate the aids wracked social landscape of africa
from a fifth avenue pampered self
permanently vacationing
in the planet's more exclusive shopping malls
where we pilot our own slick soul boats down the aisles

decide and pay our own salaries
and retreat to our secluded baronial castles
just as the raped, starving and oppressed of the world
will their fate on themselves

instead of shoplifting for jesus
they fill up their shopping carts with bloody hunger and pain
as the celebs  take all the credit

for taking personal responsibility 

for agreeing where , when and to whom to be born 

and for emanating pure light

to camera  in this dark world 

of 6.7 billion not so important people.  

Comments

Anonymous   |2008-04-02 03:46:28 She got soft the minute she started hanging out with Gwyneth Paltrow, now she just breathes rareified air.

Marcos From Chiapas  - Sleep Now In The Fire   |2008-04-02 03:49:26 I can see why RATM is the only band that you have a link to on your site!

Anonymous  - How do The Beckhams like LA?   |2008-04-02 04:49:48 Most celebrities are totally irrelevant and completely obsolete, not to mention that they're not in touch with the plight of the masses. But yeah, I do think that Zach de la Rocha will always have something to say about class consciousness.

anna  - hollywood divas & demons   |2008-04-02 07:17:19 there's a really sick tendency to treat celebs as seraphim

Anonymous   |2008-04-02 11:48:28 the RATM comment is valid , M has done a lot for AIDS charities, which is great and she certainly has the fucking to but musically she's made no effort since the 1980's having become almost completely shallow, self obsessed and anal and mimicking the Beckhams with her husband in playing the Rock Royal family role shows where she's at on a social and political level. the woman has practically morphed into a coffee table WTF has VF ever done for the world anyway?

Anonymous  - the revolution will not be politicised   |2008-04-02 11:54:15 the RATM comment is valid , M has done a lot for AIDS charities, which is great and she certainly has the fucking money to but musically she's made no effort since the 1980's having become almost completely shallow, self obsessed and anal and mimicking the Beckhams with her husband in playing the Rock Royal family roleshows where she's at on a social and political level - the woman has practically morphed into a chic coffee table WTF has VF ever done for the world anyway?

Anonymous   |2008-04-09 05:34:05 great writing

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