So Very Dark

Sweet overhead strains that once blaired our personality
Now drone and toot with comercial neutrality
After hours and hours
become brain-scraping
creating
Retail Zombies.
Undergound classics and unsung heroes
give way to best-sellers
the lowest common denominator
divides and conquers
customer interaction is slayed
by the ideal
of the speedy transaction
passion punched out by policy
quality killed by quotas
leave behind your
love of literature
and your bright mind
you
Retail Zombie.