the art of the worm … the worm in the art

these jockeys of the radio waves

saddlers of the telling box

of prepared visions

 

these superficial elite

the voice of the day you know

pimps of mammon

kinks of the castle

 

they need not art

nor integrity

nor can they stomach either

they need only to open wide the sluice gates

that the gold may pour

into the hands of their masters

and whore keepers…

 

they speak no art

nor integrity

only what the masses wantonly scream for

to satisfy their insatiable lust for things to consume

 

and we raise our drunken cups

these opaque vessels

and belch a toast

to those with nothing to say

but with many, many words

 

words

so empty

so deafening…

so utterly filled with noise

 

whilst under the table

their Lords and masters

wring their hands with glee

 

for the pickings are bountiful

because the slaves think not

 

and are willingly led to believe

that they are free

 

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how beauty turns to ugly in the blink of an “I”

A beauty, celebrated by a significant sector of our society is stripped once again and exposed, only this time in disgust and to public outrage.
This beauty was once on display before us and we gazed upon her with desire and lustful admiration but now this beauty has turned ugly by simply saying something that somehow cuts us deep, causing us to react in anger, even disgust.
And we turn towards her again… all of us, from all sides…

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/05/04/racist-tweet-model-stripped-of-title-by-fhm

One concerned person, perhaps speaking for most of us I dare to suggest, posted this sentiment:

“No kidding? This disgusting behaviour keeps dragging us back into the dark ages.”

She was stupid to tweet what she did, no doubt,… (and she has acknowledged this already) and the expression and its sentiment is without any doubt unacceptable, but I think on all sides of the politico-cultural swamp we think and feel the same things.
Perhaps some of us are more “socially appropriate” about it all and don’t succumb to that many ‘irrational’ outbursts and also not in such a public forum, but I believe it’s deep in there… in all of us.
Yes, she is totally out of line, but we perhaps should consider that it might not be any more than just us turning on her in a bestial “pack-mentality” … Perhaps vainly to purge ourselves of these inner demons through her vicarious substitution?
We are a sorry bunch, hiding behind the illusionary veneer of the vanity of our belief in ourselves that we are the worthy possessors of a superior intellect…. That we are above the other creatures, that we are good and upright, civil and morally just?
Instead, I’m sorry more for us as a species than for her alone…. It’s sad, very sad.