And now something a little cynical from a college graduate

Acceptably Intrusive

Cassi Clark, 2005

 

Absolute, Coors and Evian,

made from pure spring

glacial water I peed in.

Commercials showing

mountains 400 miles from

the polluting industrial brewery.

SUV's helicoptered to an oasis

butte above a city to sell

cars that end up in ditches

off my mountain highways.

 

Grocery shopping we walk

on Crest and Dexatrim

and Lucerne, ads in linoleum,

aimed at head-hung people

bowing to advertisers

and following orders: Be

like Mikey.

 

Coffee hands protected

by travel destinations

lunches hidden in designer

shopping bags. Architecture

complimenting half naked clothing ads.

 

In school I learn to write

in case there are not enough

ads to fill magazine pages