Cities

Cities

Critical Perspectives on Accounting 19 (2008) 97–98 Cities Cities have Torture signs Steamy, suffering Timeless, repetitive streets Cab competitions...

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Critical Perspectives on Accounting 19 (2008) 97–98

Cities

Cities have Torture signs Steamy, suffering Timeless, repetitive streets Cab competitions Clone shopping folks Luring lights Disease, decadences Pimps, prostitutes Crime, criminals Radicals, law courts Tsotsi, klepto chaebos Situated near Tamasas. Cities have Elegant, humourless, structures Baroque churches, “mocracies” Shopping malls, marble hotels Glitzy boutiques, ginzas Banks where “gators” Conduct trades: Sex’n drugs Undercover deals Bribery, fraud Theft, money laundering Tax evasion, inside trading. Cities dine War, church, gamble 1045-2354/$ – see front matter © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2006.06.003

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A. Layne / Critical Perspectives on Accounting 19 (2008) 97–98

Love, hate, plot always Are hedonistic, transient Have mix cultures Elbow spaces Touchables, smelly bums Bipolar dialectics Highly skilled and phony actors. City waste accumulate Under detritus filled Sewer streets lurk Active bubonic fleas Ready to unload Truckee bombs. Armand Layne