The Rag Blog: VERSE / Verandah Porche : CORP O RAT ION

28 January 2010

VERSE / Verandah Porche : CORP O RAT ION

Goya print revisited by Jake and Dinos Chapman. Image from The Guardian.

CORP O RAT ION

Corporation = root or panic

= orca portion = crap iron too

= poor can riot = cop or ration

= raptor coo in = crop oration

= or porno I act = o rancor I opt

= roar no topic = poor art icon

Verandah Porche / The Rag Blog
January 28, 2010

[Verandah Porche is a poet and writing partner in Guilford, Vermont. Read more of her work at verandahporche.com.]

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2 comments:

HAPPY IN NEVADA said...: Another anagram for 'corporation' is: ACORN IT POOR.........

- just thinking about A.C.O.R.N. -; Jan 28, 2010, 6:57:00 PM
Roamin Roman said...: Brava Verandah! Love it!
maurizio; Feb 3, 2010, 11:14:00 AM

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