Like a jeweler
displaying gems on velvet
wealth gleams beyond reach
New York City from the air
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Like a jeweler
displaying gems on velvet
wealth gleams beyond reach
Like a jeweler
displaying gems on velvet
wealth gleams beyond reach
TV morphs into
loser land infomercials
for acne weight loss
greatness revealed in
the sound of splinters, words that
pierce my jealous eyes.
Bright lipstick fools them
into thinking I’m well. No
“How do you feel?”
“Can’t I vote for a
Democrat?” Republican
guy asked. “Mine all suck.”
God rest ye merry
gentlemen? I don’t see them
lifting a finger!
Soldiers wear helmets.
Women wear makeup, styled hair.
Our mode of defense.
Could I love you if
we did not touch, if I did
not mark you as mine?
It’s the guilty splurge,
potato chips for the mind.
You can’t watch just one.
Urban mall jungle.
Shoppers prowl for deals, fangs bared,
credit cards dripping.