In the blink of an eye
The curtains fade.
No trace is left
Of crimson, velvet blinds.
Existence on Earth,
Spiritual, profound, connected to nature
Becomes, yet, another show!
A play enacted
In a grand theatre.
The opening is announced.
Hypnopaedia charms,
Spectators swarm.
A show on Broadway!
Except no! No, it’s not!
A most novel spectacle
From the stages of Shanghai
Diffused into the world.
Ladies with no speck of ingenuity
Gents with no signs of originality
Parade, dine and engage
Amongst Gucci bags, MacBooks
Porsches, Dior lipsticks.
Stuff and fluff,
In a city of things
A world of things.
They swallow and choke
Embrace and absorb
The concrete, the technology,
Designer goods, skyscrapers,
The latest trends, online shopping
Michelin stars restaurants.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Please swallow and choke
Buy, consume, dispose!
Come back for more!
Theatre plays of your own creation
From Shanghai to the world.
The Earth is drowning!
Suddenly, a mise-en-scene effect,
Sighs of superficiality
Sighs of materialism.
The planet is shrieking
And with it,
Some lost, rare souls.
The grand opening
Of extravagant materialism
Is a sociopathic murderer
The offspring of capitalism…