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
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