BEN SPENCER, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, COMMUNICATION STUDIES & CREATIVE WRITING
that limping generation has
charted the rise and supremacy of
the phony fuck
megalomaniacal mannequins
histrionic jelly beans
ablaze with the diesel
of their own destructive potential
ever clearing new space for shrines
parades and award ceremonies
carnage and gift baskets
clogging up the high-rise sewer system
flooding the server-client divide
attended to by bland mercenaries
under-tipping junior partners
sword hilts sticky with leave-in conditioner
platinum amex, black amex
amex of human skin
amex of dragon scales and crucifixion nails
they wield the cleaving might of silk ties
of leopard-pattered power ginch
dark matter roiling behind the
super-symmetry of porcelain teeth
sociopaths in Captain’s chairs
importing Filipinas
to oversee the first tiny goose-steps
of their babies in the park
and having spent all the
food stamps on caviar
they plead for rational austerity