Shrink-wrap

I am a product,

Yes, A product.

Pretty, color, gloss packaging.

 

Swish and swagger,

Special review pressing,

Signed, sealed,

Pay-no-more-than-five-dollars stamp

On my cover.

 

I am re-sealed,

Recycled,

Corrugated cool,

 

A synthesis of style

And sensibilities not my own.

A myopic muddle of metaphors,

Meticulously swindled.

 

I am television reruns.

Jokes you've heard before.

Hang me on the neon cross of your idols,

Crucify me before your media gods.

 

Run me through an electro-encephalogram,

Simply to read a mile long reference sheet.

 

I am your four-chord repetition.

I am your legion of rabid, screaming,

Fifteen year old, stalker fans.

 

I am your lyrical vomit.

I am a prophet.

Of prophesy, prophesied before.

 

I am a product.

My packaging is bright, and neon and clean.

 

I am a product.

I am soul-less.

I am your American Dream.

Reviews

[Firefly]

This was beautiful. The words are still flowing through my mind.

[cloud]

Well done. There are good examples of consumerism throughout which make it interesting. You have a good style.