The Web Poetry Corner - J. M. Hallett - The Parts Factory
The Parts Factory
by
J. M. Hallett
Engines go to die there
There, where a conscience is frightening
And where empathy's D.O.A.
Where smiles are painted on tight red lips
And the staff is cloaked in cotton-sewn indifference
Where sustenance tastes like wallpaper paste
And soiled bedsheets cover something sinister
Something glistening... something red, perhaps