lost in a box of shredded wheat

By -Oz-

we could all be boxes of cerial
sitting on shelves
bought and eatten up
bought and placed beside other boxes
of which we form relationships
and we watch eachother grow old
and die

some die faster than others
some get bugs and die
some are just made wrong
and sent back to where they came from
so maybe we're no better than a box of cerial
the media tatoo's our minds and bodys
advertisments are part of life,
not choice

we open
we close
we get stail
we grow weak
our lives grow empty

you can be cornflakes
i'll be coco-puffs
he's corn pops
and she's cheerios
but in the end
we're all cerial



(*cereal+serial=cerial)

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© 2006 -Oz-
Published on Thursday, January 12, 2006.     Filed under: "Philosophical" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Hmm I love the Metamorphic comparison of humanity and Cerial. I wanna Be Lucky Charms:-) ][ ][

  • bloody LOVEly On Sunday, January 22, 2006, bloody LOVEly (85)By person wrote:

    clever idealism. its really a great image...i think now im goin to go to the supermarket and write peopls names on the cerial boxes. this was cool +_+

  • elisa On Friday, January 13, 2006, elisa (1595)By person wrote:

    cerial.........what are the odds of sharing a favorite cerial.....million to one!!.....lol

  • A former member wrote: Whatever it was that helped you conjure such genius is something I would try to hold onto. kudos!

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