welcome to a life
of mindless consumption
the perfect realization
of bourgeois fantasy
with one foot in the landfill
the other in slavery
the billionaires dance
over the corpse of human progress
they eat and we are eaten
we serve and they are served
poverty branded by convenience
for instantaneous satisfaction
the famine has been exported
to god knows where
earth turned to ashes
a valuable commodity
flesh of the deity
sold by the prophets
a forty dollar value
for just nineteen ninety nine
luxurious existence
of a prosperous elite
profitable investment
boutique of rebellion
unbeatable opportunities
foretold by the algorithm
with astrological certainty
prices will rise
sold for pennies
dreams of retirement
in the land of the machete
remote southern regions
lost to the collapse
speculative stock bubble
complex financial instruments
years wasted in agony
humanity caged
at one with the animals
clamoring for suicide
in the terror of contentment
preemptive death
beyond rational interpretation
the lunatic cries out
but no one is listening