The Vigilant Lens

Taking My Carhartts and Moving to Cicely

September 28, 2016

tags: empire, gentrification, performance art, port townsend, rent, The Landfall Restaurant, war

by Al @The Vigilant Lens

They come here for the extinct quirkiness
They leave here for the extinct rent

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Aisles Full of Demographics

September 26, 2016

tags: commentary art, corplantation, empire, imagery, Trump and Clinton debate, voters, war

by Al @The Vigilant Lens

one soft dinner roll slathered with butter
a dirty fork sits near two cans of generic corn
and the debate played on

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Optimistic Co-op

September 23, 2016

tags: b249-138.house.gov, commentary art, McCleary decision, olympia, Pop Neoism, port townsend, war

by Al @The Vigilant Lens

back when we were post-racial
we were really just post-bush
relying on the kindness of complete friends
to never speak of Afghanistan or Iraq while voting for death to Yemen

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Think Harder Piece Short

September 22, 2016

tags: art, Clinton's, journalism, Occupy, Olypmr, Terence Crutcher, Trump, WTO

by Al @The Vigilant Lens

if one wins, there will be never-ending racism, bezos and war
if the other wins, there will be never-ending war, racism and bezos
if neither wins, there will be never-ending bezos, bezos and bezos
block the ports, block the pipelines, block the courts

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