Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

Suburban sprawl surrounds the city
absorbs light like a singularity.
At the center oxygen wanes
and the candle slowly dims.

Lumbering monster stores lure suburbanites
into the maze of materialism.
The quest for convenience
and green energy to fuel the rat race.
Faceless briefcase wielding board members
plot the next voyage of the ship of fools

Young empty impressions
are transmitted from the flickering screen
recruiting new members for the army of ghosts
that drift through the neon façades.

Meanwhile the hot sun evaporates
the once majestic lake of diversity.
The water condenses into clouds which rain like dust
over the shrink wrapped fringes of the city.

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