Thursday, May 14, 2009

Hirst haiku


Cult 'artist' businessman Damien Hirst is about to sell off his own silver, namely everything he has ever made (or had made for him- he employs an army of functionaries to do the work for him!). The sale, expected to raise tens of millions will take place at Sotheby's next week.

He's even selling something he has 'stolen' from Durham Cathedral, a reproduction of the Rose Window. The works, with such pretentious names as 'Anatomy of an Angel'- a cast of an angel in white in which we get to see her partially exposed innards, 'The Incredible Journey'- a zebra in formaldehyde, 'The Kingdom'- a shark in formaldehyde, and, wait for it, 'Beautiful Helios Hysteria Intense Painting(With Extra Inner Beauty').
The sale is called 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever.' (sic!)

Beautiful Inside
His Wallet With Extra Cash;
Hirst's Heist at auction.

Still snow silence
envelopes. First deer hoof
makes a faint creaking.

Alcoholic health and safety 03.04.2008

Source: The Independent

The Home Office is funding a scheme in Southwest England to literally support and get home safely all the binge drinkers who totter home of a night and fill the casualty wards by offering, at a cost to the taxpayer of £30,000 free flip-flops, rape alarms, free condoms etc. Extra doormen with breathalysers are also to be recruited there .

Going soft on drunks?!
Home Office is flip-flopping
on drink-curbing spends.