no haven

a ceiling
painted sky
blue
complete
with white
and gray
clouds

bells ring
without
bell
or
clapper
as if tolling
some departed
soul

cheap electronic
noise
surrounds in
cloying
smothering
falseness

the carpet
clean
the toilets
clean
and
the drinks
shit

people
with blank eyes
fix
their numb gaze
to the glittering
lies
and tap tap tap

until

the machines
grow cold
and
impervious
to desperate
caresses

"hey! want to buy this?
it was a thousand bucks
but you can have it for
only a hundred..."

i turned
and left her to
gnaw off

a

limb

that

wasn't

even

in

the

trap