Good Marketing

How many are consumed with jealousy over an idea?
Enraptured by good marketing
What if Paradise is a big disappointment?
Get there, order a drink, walk around in circles and work the room
Greet relatives you used to avoid.
Bump into walls of clouds
Moist and blinding
Your feet feeling the heat against the floor
And you wonder what's down there
But Hell has its own marketing team
Brought to you by masochists and cynics and the promiscuous
All in need of a little more stim
Get in line for another tattoo or piercing
Jump out of a plane
Anything to conquer an ordinary day
"For the spirit with more spirit"
Where do you go when you won't buy any of it
Won't invest a dime
Refuse cash from an angel
Make friends with slugs
Don't tell me it's any better
Or more real
Everyone is still thirsty