BURNING MAN: Deconstructing a commercialized new age festival

	Burning Man
	is a commercial garbage can –

	a mutated message
	of a precious pagan cant

	an idea perverted
	into entertainment on demand

	a commodity sold
	for those with tickets in hand

	a wicker-dadaist-paya-playfest
	celebration ah summer heat

	buy your tickets!
	see the circus today!

	watch the bonfire!
	enjoy the display!

	then when the clean-up starts
	& vans go away

	reflect on what was “real”
	& what was a charade.


Kris: 	(sucking a popsicle) Man – why iz this dude so down on Burnin' Man?

Sam: 	(spitting while shaking some coins in his pockets) Perhaps cuz he didn't have 'nuff money ta join.

Ted: 	(shaking his head) Nawh – it's nut dat! The bloke is basically a party pooper!  

Tim: 	(laughing) Yeah. Too many introverts are lost in their tiny virtual ostrich holes. 

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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about the "Burning Man" festival and mercenary mendacity.	
KEYWORDS: commercialized hypocrisy, mercenary mendacity, farcical festivities

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2014 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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