By: James Aitchison

(a dada pantoum)

life is cheap, death more expensive
look for medicines and wisdom in song
dada = a padded refuge of serpentine complications
colonial syllogism — no more urinary passages!

look for medicines and wisdom in song
dada is a divinity of the second order
colonial syllogism — no more urinary passages!
dance halls and politics are dada

dada is a divinity of the second order
long live the stretcher-bearers of ecstasies
dance halls and politics are dada
dada is for the abolition of the future

long live the stretcher-bearers of ectasies
dada = a padded refuge of serpentine complications
dada is for the abolition of the future
life is cheap, death more expensive