There are production values to be had
in the spectacle of war.
Sweet talk the people
and you can bomb whoever you want.

With a glaring disregard
for who the real victims are,
media politicos get off on constituency battles
and the money shot of a career going up in flames.

The right to a home is perverse,
the right to property fetishised.
Keep those glossy supplements
away from the kids!

In the battle for hearts and mindlessness,
Tik Tok and Insta make a verb of Mrs Hinch,
and dildos of cleaning products
in well-appointed utility rooms.

It’s all there for you if you want it.
You never really did if you look back far enough.
But it kinda sneaks up on you,
this stuff.