Artificial

Gabriel Miranda

 

Oh, plastic potted caricature,

how admirable your grandeur

in sub-level light;

I lust and bask

in your arduous perennial

as my stoic artifice.

I sell my soul for your love!

For your immaculate image!

For your life!

In contrast,

to this imperfect organic

(wrinkled, discolored, decayed),

you breathe the beauty of the world

the way it was meant to be breathed.