Escapism/ A.G.K.

A canvas curtain you bought for 450 shekels
And you talk to me
about contemporary art. Falling apart
walls and a bathtub
from the beginning of the previous century
And you speak of architecture and interior decoration.

Let me tell you this much,
The guy who sawed this curtain
used two canvas sheets
and a string; Then sold you fifteen
minutes work of his at the cost
of two days worth
of yours, and you thanked him, of course.
And it’s quite naïve of you to think
that the building’s engineer,
if such a thing even existed back then,
thought of architecture when
he received instructions to build
that many apartments
for that many people in the days
of the second immigration waves.

So,
what you do have at home
is actually two torn apart canvas begs,
dirty ceramic tiles,
crumbling walls and exposed pipelines.
And you have me, in case you forgot.
So lets talk of something else.
Escapism.
Let's talk about escapism;
If sophistication is what you’re after,
we should at least get the term right.