PLASTIC FANTASTIC?
The Gladstone Arms / London
10 Jun 2019
AMBER MANAGEMENT
as the light dimmed
we saw them
simulating body tissue
spinning protons
calibrating voxels
murdering ants on the doorstep
phantoms
levitating balls of chrome
secreting pineapple slices
in Archimedean solids
of paraffin wax
in the early phase
of sticky darkening
sugariness and degradation
we remained moulded in
plastic denial syndrome
decoupling from fossil feedstocks
as the ethanol kicked in
we were soon seeing triple
aloft in a Boeing Dreamliner
worth half its weight in plastic
we enjoy
a vinegar whiff
of foam crumble
in coconut oil
resplendent in cellulose nitrate
we recycle Cunard crockery
for deep sea dining
on fish outnumbered
by their own plastic ghosts
there in the museum
there in some unfathomable
double bond formation
Bendy Bunny Benjy
in his tailored suit
declines in a yellowing blow chair
his oxidized ear footloose
in plasticizer migration
unsettled by the twirling
casein knitting needles
of Larry the Lamb
ruing the bright lights of showbiz
warping and cracking
in delambination
and so we shape up
to polymerize our solidarities
for the multidimensional printing of
a cyclic economy
cartoon idealizations
a cyclic economy
fairphone mobilizations
a cyclic economy
the right to repair
a cyclic economy.
©Paul Taylor 2019
