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Swimming Upstream

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Sedated and docile-
the reds of the latticed bricks,
the shimmering of over-saturated heat
in the perspiring air, meat tenderised
without resistance.
I cannot think when I am there.

A level of comfort, a new nadir
of things too saccharine
that drops the note that is my name
in a composition of the same things again and again.
existence infused with aspartame.

The hazy blur of endless streets,
care for your every whim
but never for your need,
macchiato, cosmopolitan,
this is how we breed.  
Consume and sleep, forever letterboxed
by this stifling so-so heat.

Punch in, punch out,
I try to wake you
when you say you're living the dream.  
You're trapped by the glass ceiling,
unaware you're asleep, swimming upstream.

It's what you're supposed to do,
what's expected of you.
And it's all fine, your racks of wine,
egyptian cotton blend, stainless steel.
But just wait until you have to do something real.

Things are not what they seem.
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