Steve's Disneyease

on the plastic nature of today's world-a disneyland that replaced the real. a juxtaposition of a child's world and an adult's world. -inspired by baudrillard's writings

Trekking through the grey,

Prancing in the murky dimday,

A little Londoner Steve did spy,

Entranced in her magical symbols and lies.

 

Queen of her Disney wonderland,

A postmodern sphinx in British sand,

A ruler over a kingdom make-believe

Almost left Steve’s state misperceived.

 

In the shadow of her cardboard Big Ben,

Almost as plastic as his Mercedes Benz,

Young Elise in her bubble of naive,

Cast uncertainty upon his ease.

 

Marching through the scrapers dingy,

Strolling towards the ashen city,

A Londoner did stare and stand,

Still king of his grown-up Disneyland.

Author's Note

please tell me what you think!

Reviews

[ANTO]

I see a Matrix-esque tale. The king - nothing more than a man driven mad by successive nuclear Winters is surveying London destroyed long ago by the nuclear conflagration that consumed ever modern city but the little girl - the new generation - the subterranean peoples, that doesn't venture outside is visiting Disney in her VR helmet. Both are royalty in their minds - royalty of a long gone world.
Superb imagery Yanghwa Hong.

[Yanghwa Hong]

Thank you for your insight! I appreciate it c: matrix was, in fact, supposedly inspired by baudrillard, which explains the similarities

[Autumn Lyric]

what a fun read! our make believe wonders made into a reality in this not-so-subtle transmission of words unspoken alongside dual first impressions (in regards to the material world ). Enjoyed reading very much, your writing forms are engaging, like telling a story in poetic form...
Great work!

(not familiar with Baudrillard's work, but will kindly do research.)

[Yanghwa Hong]

Thank you again! I really appreciate the time you took to read my writing c: baudrillard is rather fascinating, but at times he is hard to take too seriously; if you ever read his writings