i travel through
a world of unjust
practical illusions
each call is
another scam
my inbox filled
with certain doom
in unpaid invoices
from companies
i have never done
any transactions with
every angry face
piloting plastic
and steel death traps
towards earning
more wages for
those at the top
trickle down economics
where corporations
erect dams to halt
the smallest dribble

a sinuous simulation
spent chasing dreams
yet none of them seem
to be my own
just nightmare distortions
of moving goal posts
as expectations rise
disproportionately to
the scraps left behind