No phone
nor message
or passage
stuck in New Jersey
breathing brown air
with head out the window
dirt and grime
plastic and steel
iron and rust
polyurethane sheen
of a lost American dream
All the wires overhead
the tunnels underground
expressways to nowhere
pretty much all the same
In the shopping malls
big hair, fake nails
nasal undertones
need to escape the stench
from burning cinnamon
artificial butter
flavored popcorn
muscle heads wearing
those little samples
of overpriced cologne
drowning in Polo
or whatever toted brand
is trendy at the moment
while gas prices
slowly creep up again
and there is
some freaky bedbug
infestation
all throughout
high end stores,
stowaways from China
unregulated, disgusted
finger pointing blame
But nothing really matters,
as the first snow flakes
are blanketing
the backyard tonight

mathiasthom
written 12/2/10