Lullabies...

​All lullabies cancelled
The world’s a dead socket
No dreams stuffed in this baby’s pocket.
Folding myself in darkness
Cloaked with desire
A mad burning passion
Displayed, strung out 
Like an archangel’s choir.
Trash burning sentiment
Located on the Internet
Search for true love 
Fill out forms 
Find your soul
Check your mate 
Find out soon
Better to wait
Then purchase a date
Nameless, faceless
High-school photographs
Fill the pages
Of those 
Searching for love
Lost 
In too many
Places.

(c) Deborah Blount 2021