PIGEON PIE

Pigeon: (informal) a gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick. Oxford English Dictionary

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Lives built on pigeon dreams

structured by Madison Avenue

calculated by Wall Street

beribboned  by Hollywood

We take them: these manufactured dreams

one-size-fits-all, straight off the rack . . .

And damn cheap too!

Mad, cannibal pigeon dreams,

turning good minds and whole hearts

into mince

We pray to false economies,

seek deliverance from Cheap Jack*

We buy one, get one free –

And fetch and fetish youth eternal

from face-lifts, Botox™, and boob-jobs –

Exit here:

drugs, alcohol

sex-a-PEAL

en-ter-TAIN-ment.

Get a house, a car, a jewel –

Be the first on your block.

Buy now. Pay later.

Filling the empty with nothing more,

something less . . .

and warehousing our souls, they gather

dust

in public storage . . .

first month free.

Poems unwritten. Songs unsung.

Chumped. Stumped. Petrified.

An all-American Pigeon Pie,

neatly boxed

and wrapped to go.

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* Cheap Jack – One who sells cheap and second-rate goods. Cheap jack is a slang term for a person who may also be referred to as a “peddler”, “canvasser”, “monger” or “solicitor”. These terms have been in use in England since the 16th century as a derogatory description of traveling salespeople. Investopedia

Photo credit – Lars Konzack, Public Domain Pictures.net.

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