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What to do with four giant cacti

by Julian Haladyn

[ poetry - may 07 ]

Duchamp and I sit at a board
playing with artistic notions of nudity
simplicity aids our imagination in fixating upon a topic

art cannot randomly fall from divinity

With his king Duchamp attacks
I am not in a position to contradict

so much play is found in positioning
so much of my artwork can be positioned in play

waiting is difficult but I look around
at bits of this and that

at cacti that Duchamp positioned around his TV

I am in no position to count cacti
so I switch chairs

two stand upon blocks of black wood
two stand    on blocks of a light colour

Only four that I could see in total
but that is still a lot of cacti
for Duchamp to display in his living room

waiting I am sitting counting cacti
playing all positions in my mind

Duchamp adds a giant cactus

This is so that I must obtain my own giant cactus
and playing will go on
with us both in positions of nudity