Composing Instruction

You see above the Tristan Tzara poem, ‘To Make a Dadaist Poem’ and I thought I’d have a go, so I followed his instructions to the letter (smirk)

found an article in the Centenary edition of Vogue (London) – I haven’t bought a newspaper for some time – chopped it up – didn’t have a bag around so put the words into a dish

stirred them around – picked them out in small batches – turned them over and transcribed them as I saw them. The result

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Ronald working-class front

now was the whole about before

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studio other for parties model wearing

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her models tragically brand the

and didn’t flying hottest after

been drink me spent But died

she went fashion I with way Vogue just the

that fairy one smaller

shopping the parents

having of the career

after model cover posing the still

just on a a in the he hype shot

my from photographers in

and London’s I

of and young my frocks

the a just

was fashion weekend a

year a My listening around girls landed

surrounding living and

and was tale young the year

was an happily regular

like was my bit flying a so I

I the with in was bicycles

her on a

I very like much time to

I was models went new head

Girls become a the short at

may not be art, it may not even be a poem, but who judge judge?