At Rest
The image is meant to soothe,
inspire tranquillity,
deep thought transcending
a world in turmoil and outer chaos.
Empty bottles are artfully staged
with generic meditation statues
devoid of life, as is the corpse-
like person displayed as though
on a coroner’s slab, hearing nothing
through unconnected headphones,
unseeing eyes fixed on a middle distance,
a half smile pasted to a slackened face.
It is so smooth it annoys,
so still it suffocates,
monochromatic and emptied
cliche advertisement.
The fourth wall is breached
within my mind
as the corpse removes his headphones,
turns, and slyly winks.
Wow, what an ending!
Thank you! Ads tell us so much more than the surface meaning they’re trying to sell, often unwittingly making commentary on the society they’re trying to sell to, which is more than a little creepy to me, as you can see here, lol. Thanks for reading and commenting!