City

A rustle.
A rumble.
Rolling hills tumble.
Flat blocks triumphant.

Life interspersed
Between intersections,
Highway connections,
Robotic inventions.

Forming foundations,
Shadows ascending,
Unholy creations,
City unending.

Species producing patterns,
Predetermined actions.
Cookie-cut jobs dispatching,
Deserters receive infractions.

Pollution of the senses,
Most selfish of intentions.
Leaders among the unlikely
Used and discarded nightly.

Man and expensive machine together,
Begrudging servants to each other.
Wisdom replaced by idiosyncrasies,
Diplomas in how to purchase groceries.

Rows of shops in groups of seven, pushing
All seven deadly sins from south of heaven,
Gluing junk to the hands of those who'll accept it.
Ignorance, coercion, confusion, distraction, extortion.

So kitsch is the preponderant city,
An artwork of digital beauty,
A pyramid of structures composing
A silhouette of intricate illusion.

Trading fresh air, free space and quiet
For the boxed smog and siren diet.
Flashing lights and neon fireworks
In defiance of the black of night.

A playground for all ages.
Rocket full of dignity
Burning fuel in stages.
Conclusion: inhospitality.

Gangs forming factions,
Hollow city innards,
Verge of collapsing,
Backdraft moving inwards.

Foundations quaking,
Shadows wavering.
Eternal city
A fossil baking.

Death in a box.
Graves in gridlock.
Greener paddocks
Back in fashion.

A shudder.
A rumble.
Concrete towers crumble.
Nature incumbent.

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