The Museum of Capitalism, Part 1

Huge high-quality show

up now at Jack London Square

across from the main Marina

Up until 20 August 2017

 I want to get some

boots on their grounds

It's a free admission

full-blown museum-style show

Here we  are now

info-tain us

Corporate Logo

Hall of Honor

Commodify thyself

Better consider

the alternatives

Separation fence

The armies are at the borders

to stem the human tide

The rough industrial finish

its materials and textures

echoes the artworks

It is the perfect site-specific location

for this synthesizing

yet ground-breaking experience

With my whole heart

I stand with standing rock

Against the Koch family,

Against Rex Tillerson

Against Sheldon Adelson

Against the whole class

of the earth-despoiling

predatory wealthy

I'd call this the centerpiece

of the show

Hilarious

this is a Banksy work

appropriated and sold

 by Walmart

And yes

there is a gift shop

although on knowing

and somewhat ironical one

It expands into

a figurative 13th floor

a twilit zone

devoid of merchandise

In the capitalism study

two vending machines

one is free

the other requires 50 cents

Plastic globes with

mini Hershey bars in both

The Capitalist Bathroom Experience

Classic really,

California law prohibits pay toilets

for the most part

But this is more post-capitalist than those

This is one that requires that

one contain oneself

and supplicate oneself

to acquire a punch-in code

Core sample

with handcuffs in amber

Steel shibboleth stencils

 retail display

Super-funded

Government toxic site

Join the GMO parade

Toxic waste from like

fracking or deep water drilling

or tar sands or something

The Earth is

private property

Its landscape

flora and fauna,

its water

The soil

the minerals

the fossils

Its primitive

indigenous people

All jewels

in billionaires crowns

Anywhere out of this world

  bateau ivre

Its not without

risk

The oiligarchy

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How has Capitalism
change the Bay?

San Francisco with its new
donkey-dong TransBay building
Alameda shipyard on the left
Port of Oakland on the right

July 2017