death of a little piece of modern art

lit­tle red bottle
colour­ful idea promis­es of light and dizzy
band of blue, band of red
or­ga­ni­za­tion­al           with or­ange for dog

amer­i­can pills
wash­ing down pipes
shkre­li’s gravy train
new rolex, new plasty
calf ear car­ti­lage culled           made of dis­pos­able suffering

which dose profits
glob­ules with bet­ter campaigns
ask your doctor
what is right for you?

did take an hour ago
can take again
re­fills, in line           on monday

we faxed your doctor!

would maslov agree?
take this now

le­gal swill
prof­it for bet­ter lives
anx­i­ety not there           just slight  hum­m­m­m­m­m­m­mm

gas­troin­testi­nal drowsiness
pain, coma, bright red face
ketoacidosis
gen­er­al feel­ing of death

lit­tle red bottle
good de­sign triumphs
but
lords have offshore

num­bers need fix
new rolex, new plasty
new calves

we faxed your doctor!
you still have a fax??

baby blue wall
the changeover
fi­nal­ly happened

in line
stress sig­ni­fied change
anger
tears

baby blue wall
but
wal­green screams at old people
wal­mart just disinterested
cvs cus­tomers very, very an­gry

take this now

but
good design
                           wrong
                                            off brand
don’t care awards won

lit­tle red bottle
per­ma­nent col­lec­tion, MoMA
sub­ject in doc­u­men­tary

lit­tle red bottle
making
eas­er for
old people
wal­green screams at

progress
killed by cvs

baby blue wall
instead
re­fills, in line, on monday
piece of hell           makes slight  hum­m­m­m­m­m­m­mm

could lit­tle red bot­tle be spared?

could it?
 
 

—steve mehal­lo

Flom­mist Steve Mehal­lo is a graph­ic de­sign­er, il­lus­tra­tor, font de­sign­er, ed­u­ca­tor, food­ie and gad­fly. He is the cre­ator and founder of FLOMM! Pic­tured: At left, Tar­get’s award-win­ning Clear Rx med­ica­tion bot­tles; at right, the re­place­ment.

Plus, here’s the Change.org pe­ti­tion.

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