From Shaw to Taft Avenue <br />1/13/10. Noon and the interval coaches <br />zooming along EDSA spine <br />like a remote control serpent <br />fetching up waiting preys <br /> <br />Overtaking the phalanx of buses <br />above the track, beside the trail <br />beneath the torrent passing mobiles <br />trill across pedestrian lanes <br /> <br />Thick clouds veiling <br />distant aura of magnificent skyscrapers <br />like avalanche of smog <br />in frozen shade of high-end forests <br /> <br />Down from MMDAurinal posts <br />to iron-wield footbridges, prone for passing voyagers <br />Promdi commuters rushing in <br />catching this loaded train <br /> <br />Employment rate winds up <br />still proliferating to bloat capitalist's belly <br />thru sweat and brow of this working class populace <br /> <br />Passing thru smooth-brain-washing ADZ <br />Political, commercial, personal <br />carving fantasy, deceiving consumer's eyes <br />a psycho panacea to heal one's craving <br />branded item desire <br /> <br />Gigantic billboards with neon lights <br />euthanasia for some stricken-deprived mindset <br />like sexy adz flirting on the wall <br />softly kills minor visions <br />a harassment in disguise <br /> <br />Passing thru the booming Makati <br />a mere reflection of the artificial development <br />a cover up of the nearby homeless <br />concave mirror of imbalance economy <br /> <br />Those thoughts draw inside me <br />are same in the mind for those in a hurry <br />in chasing the damn city wind for survivality <br />in catching the trends of artificial modernity <br />in toiling more for arrogant capitalist's bloated belly <br />in lieu of a meager salary<br /><br />Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/artificial-development-seen-thru-mrt/
