Writing · poem · September 15, 2026

RIP Ashley Bickerton

Ashley Bickerton shrugging in front of one of his framed paintings
One out of a thousand The odds are against you A miracle in the flesh Jesus did it with fish And bread He multiplied them How did he do it? Was he a painter who garnished the power of creation? Did he talk everyone into believing? What technology did he have access to? What revenue multiple would have that miracle been? Jeff Bezos called investing farming But I didn’t farm the chicken who laid the egg At the store they call buy one get one BOGO is its acronym In the bible it was a miracle