Friday, December 29, 2006

The Beating Goes On





Donald Trump recently called in an interview on Larry King Live and in response Rosie writes on her blog:

"so what happenswhen u say the emperor has no clothes
the comb over goes ballistic
via phone to mr king

choices
every minute
every day
everyone

i imagine it is interesting
as celeb feuds tend 2 b
so here r my thoughts

didnt watch
didnt u tube
restrict

i have no time 2 make art now
i am only off friday
which is never enuf
to detox

the pipes get full
bits of sludge
clog the flow

so tiny books
now
express in torn images
my inside

i was raised reading ms magazine
i remember the burning of bras
as women demanded equality
in unison

beauty pageants
where women were paraded around
judged valuable or not
by old white men

it is always old white men

they added a talent portion
and gave away college degrees
they evolved - beauty pageants

and eventually - nearly faded away
for good

remember the seventies

a young girl in nyc
meets a pimp
he cons her into a life of illusion
she works for him

no fun - no fucking - no futures
he is owned
when she sneaks out -
to party the night away
he freaks

he roughs her up a bit
hames her in front of the others
teaches her to behave
for his own benefit

and just when we lost all hope
cagney and lacey showed upt
hey cuff the pimp
they free the girl

marybeth and christine
would never
be friends with a pimp

this is reality tv
like it or not
same same same
as vivi says"

Only six-year olds should be allowed to write like this. Or those gorillas you see on documentaries who communicate with sign language and perform morality plays with hand puppets. The ones we name things like "Coco" and "Bubbles?" Yeah. Six-year olds and them.

And, by the way, I'm not sure what she means by "i have no time 2 make art now." Judging by her "poetry" the only art she's capable of making is finger paintings. And maybe that turkey where you trace your hand and draw little eyes and feet on it.

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