An Oft Repeated Mall ?

An Oft Repeated Mall

Surging, urgent, a frantic microcosm sweeps along the Mall.

A human tsunami of credit-swollen want;

Devouring, this unnecessary greed

Indiscriminately numbs the simple soul.

Crowded, pinball-driven this relentless tide

Swallows any timid soul in it’s path

Like crowded lab rats scurrying for scaps.

Slaves, bonded to spending

In a desperate search for satisfaction.

Is this an oft repeated mall?

A pointless, painful repetition

Of a meaningless retail craving

A hunger never sated,

An eternal empty world.