Composition

 

Mario Fallani , 'Composizione' (1959)

[Composition] 

“viewing mario fallani no. 5”

 

composition was set in school

the topic a choice, the one rule

-         tell me about it

 

silence is golden

poetry more lasting than bronze

-         explain using examples

 

less is more

more or less

-         illustrate with non sequiturs

 

climate deniers exist

warmongers prosper

-         tell me something I don’t know

 

all machines are liars

I am a machine

-         use adverbs sparingly

 

ponder extinction find evidence

organise your argument

-         you’re not alone

 

small is beautiful

beauty is in the eye of the reader

-         keep expression clear

 

all I do all day is edit edit edit

revise revise revise

-         tell me about it

 

always the sun sets

below the ocean behind our city

-         oh really, tell me more