Simon Says

Venal darlings engage in line dance modeled 

by vanilla a la mode turned sin less original 

than taught. Forming a frame of motion 

that strips the mine of emotional depth 

of primary relationships long subject to the rule 

of beseeching shirt tail connections to bless 

the chosen partner. Those with surface connections 

look askance at polished beauty and decide 

the perceived intruder will reduce their power, 

thus invisibly but palpably veto the arrangement 

by way of routine footfalls that cement mindless shallow 

oneness among the multiples of unconnected app-thin 

connections of social Mead as each ventures alone 

toward dust as the point of no return.