Wednesday, March 2, 2011

"Cut Ups" with a Twist of "Elegy"





A Pair of Embattled Hills in Korea were Named after Her
Jane Russell 1921-2011
March 2, 2011, When the Guardian Forgot Libya



Wherever she went
backtracked from her
belligerent beauty
dislodging the opposition
with that shot of her
reclining in the hay
all for some bullet wounds
waiting for the 
people to turn away.

We filmed her
over and over
dazzling numbers
the cameras continued to spread
and her legs
crossed flying circus
didn’t seem to want to leave 
undefended for the day.

The price of equality?
Well it’s the cheapest electricity,
More = Less
only when you hire
your killer
it's neither suicide
nor murder
democracy has always been 
bad at delayed gratification
she will only be remembered as
the queen of motionless pictures
not the born-again Christian bigot.









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