Psychosis of the Big City

The metropolis smoldering

it’s glass and iron valleys

funneling the people

towards servitude

The inner machinations

grind the herd

into acquiescence

and inquietude

Mindlessness erupts

like a pathogen

that hungrily consumes

the gathering crowd

Unaware of the mountebanks

and trusting subjective truths

they fail to notice the wizard

standing behind the shroud