Cul De Sac - Noaa Rienecker

Tile and stainless steel,
A Very Symmetrical Refrigerator,
A generic vineyard’s florid insignia,
Drab painting of a napa hillside,
Marble and right angles,
Crew-cut lawns and cocker-spaniels,

Look like cadavers, or mummies,
Or taxidermy, frozen forever in a lifelike pose.

They’re not fooling me,
But they must be fooling someone.

The cold, the breathless,
The sterile, and the mass produced
Comprise this macabre ensemble.

Call me spineless, but
I don’t like hanging out
In the morgue.