flames flickering

two gasping flames,
flickering,

straining,
in disjointed unison,

tripping,
falling,

ashes and rust,
corrosive, acidic,

dust.

automatons

automatons.

bathed in spicy-cinnamon springs,
flying on cotton-candyfloss wings,

kissing darkest-chocolate lips lush,
all else we gleefully airbrush,

yet we feel not a thing,

numb,

dare i say it,
dumb,

and still,
are we not beings,
of flesh and of bone,

or have we mechanised this too,
merchandising, through and true,

cold, deadened,
numbed & dumbed,

akin to a lump of jagged stone.

lie

lie.

as we lie,
awake,

surrounded,
engulfed,
by so very much,

mostly fake,

do we see,
can we,

anymore?

see,
you, me, him, her, us,

the enslaved,
free,

to maul the mall,

bye-buy dubai.