Again, this year, Denmark has topped the list of The Happiest People in the World. The poem is a footnote...

Written after a trip to see Nick Cave's exhibition  "The World Is My Skin"

In memory of the horrible massacre at the Norwegian political youth camp on Utøya two years ago, where 69 people were slaughtered.

Another reaction to a powerful reality based work of art by Marco Evaristti. The Evaristti piece is called "Five to Twelve" and is telling the story about Gene Hathorn - a Death Row prisoner. For more information about the Evaristti installation and its context: http://www.anniedorsen.com/useruploads/files/futurity_of_(_democracy_in_america).pdf

I'd like to post "Voucher" with this short explanation.
I went to see an exhibition of Marco Evaristti at the Trapholt Museum of Contemporary Art the other day. It made such a powerful impression on me that I had to write something.
One of his works was a collection of artefacts from a surgery room, a video showing a kidney removal procedure, and information posters about how ***** trafficking (often involving theft and subsequent sale) is common in the 3rd world, where the "donor" seldom gets any compensation.
As part of the artwork, the artist had made vouchers for the public to use if they wanted to donate their kidneys and receive $50,000 in compensation. The reason for the huge illegal ***** trafficking is a general shortage of healthy organs for urgent transplants everywhere.