a paper airplane soaring by
plaster cloud in a concrete sky
a tinkering toy box lullaby-
what a pleasant place to live!

matchstick building line cardboard roads
a blue paint pond filled with loads
of clay fish and silicone toads-
what a charming place to live!

trees and shrubs propped up with velcro
where all the porcelain boys and girls go
lightbulbs glare on a saran wrap window-
what a lovely place to live!

a magnificent mountain drawn in pencil
people mass-produced by stencil
they warn against it, but you went still-
what a boring place to live!

silk petals on plastic
silk hair on plastic friends
silk statins and plastic bends-
what a lonely place to live!

mouths are glued and lips are sewn
hands are tied and punches are thrown
permanent marker lines are drawn-
what a hostile place to live!
families held together by sting
cross-stitched lives rip at the seam
close the curtain but start the scene-
what a fucked-up place to live!

mommy cries at the ceramic sink
daddy flxes a grown-up drink
isn't it strange and funny to think-
this how we choose to live?