Bult upon the bones

Welcome to the Placebo Dome
built upon the bones
of man’s addiction to petroleum
being a carbon based lifeform
So please be seated
in the climate controlled comfort
of air-conditioned judgement
as a privileged guest
of the Meta-World Government

Here at the Placebo Dome
gutter crawling
through time and space
is the main event
When them bottom feeders
come to the surface
for a breath of oxycodone
and to purchase a dose of oxygen
all of Wall Street starts a-snorting
In case you hadn’t noticed
… the Placebo Fix is in
Selling water in a plastic bottle
was just the beginning
Here at the Placebo Dome
Gross Planetary Production
is our sacred equation
as we know exactly how
to extract blood from a stone

Here at the Placebo Dome
where sitting on the fence
is your best defence
there’s always more room
on Oprah Winfrey’s couch
In between the Queen
of the American Dream
and the Duchess of Sussex
where human worth
is measured by wealth
and expensively good taste
It is truly a privilege to serve
a super star such as yourself
You who so richly deserves
that new car and a free lunch
Believe me … we never count the cost
Here at the Placebo Dome
exclusively decorated
with discarded cross trainers
and your obsolete devices
there rises an ivory tower
of forced labour
Lost in the far distance
a future made in China

Here at the Placebo Dome
built from the remnants
of slavery and cotton
the patron saint is Melania
the high priced Princess
from the House of Dior
She who freely dispenses
all her store bought wisdom
to the not so needy … or poor
Pilgrims privileged to be graced
with her pulling of the sour face
expressing her saintly long suffering
No doubt a side effect
of Lord Donald’s after-taste
An experience Lady Liberty
most deeply regrets
Yet here at the Placebo Dome
it is polite not to mention
Melania’s slavery to mammon
We call it lucrative captivity
nicely dressed up
in Louis Vuitton
We should all be so lucky
to see Our Slovenian Lady
of the Golden Tower
back in the Big House once again
as her lawyers now negotiate
a contract extension
Four more years … and counting

Here at the Placebo Dome
he who’s covered in sin
no matter how corrupt and rich
may pitch the first stone
into the ditch that was once
the great American dream
seen exclusively in virtual reality
on our Jumbotron screen
The Placebo Dome is always here
to provide you an existence
feeding upon what is left
of Mother Earth
as you now have nothing
to fear but the Placebo itself
so take the course of least resistance
and be sure to show
your personalised Mark of the Placebo
as you enter the Great Dome
Just don’t go asking
the price of admittance

… by Devendra Singh 2023

Artwork and Inspiration … courtesy of Multiple Michael 🎨 © 2023