Welcome to the Placebo Dome
built upon the bones
of man’s addiction to petroleum
being a carbon based lifeform
So please be seated
in the climate controlled comfort
of air-conditioned judgement
as a privileged guest
of the Meta-World Government
Here at the Placebo Dome
gutter crawling
through time and space
is the main event
When them bottom feeders
come to the surface
for a breath of oxycodone
and to purchase a dose of oxygen
all of Wall Street starts a-snorting
In case you hadn’t noticed
… the Placebo Fix is in
Selling water in a plastic bottle
was just the beginning
Here at the Placebo Dome
Gross Planetary Production
is our sacred equation
as we know exactly how
to extract blood from a stone
Here at the Placebo Dome
where sitting on the fence
is your best defence
there’s always more room
on Oprah Winfrey’s couch
In between the Queen
of the American Dream
and the Duchess of Sussex
where human worth
is measured by wealth
and expensively good taste
It is truly a privilege to serve
a super star such as yourself
You who so richly deserves
that new car and a free lunch
Believe me …
we never count the cost
Here at the Placebo Dome
exclusively decorated
with discarded cross trainers
and your obsolete devices
there rises an ivory tower
of forced labour
Lost in the far distance
a future made in China
Here at the Placebo Dome
built from the remnants
of slavery and cotton
the patron saint is Melania
the high priced Princess
from the House of Dior
She who freely dispenses
all her store bought wisdom
to the not so needy … or poor
Pilgrims privileged to be graced
with her pulling of the sour face
expressing her saintly long suffering
No doubt a side effect
of Lord Donald’s after-taste
An experience Lady Liberty
most deeply regrets
Yet here at the Placebo Dome
it is polite not to mention
Melania’s slavery to mammon
We call it lucrative captivity
nicely dressed up
in Louis Vuitton
We should all be so lucky
to see Our Slovenian Lady
of the Golden Tower
back in the Big House once again
as her lawyers now negotiate
a contract extension
Four more years … and counting
Here at the Placebo Dome
he who’s covered in sin
no matter how corrupt and rich
may pitch the first stone
into the ditch that was once
the great American dream
seen exclusively in virtual reality
on our Jumbotron screen
The Placebo Dome is always here
to provide you an existence
feeding upon what is left
of Mother Earth
as you now have nothing
to fear but the Placebo itself
so take the course of least resistance
and be sure to show
your personalised Mark of the Placebo
as you enter the Great Dome
Just don’t go asking
the price of admittance
… by David B. Redpath ยฉ 2021
https://multiplemichael.wordpress.com/2021/11/13/not-picasso/
David Redpath 
A brilliant story David, full of charming wit and blunt sarcasm …
“I can hear bells ringing from the Placebo Dome
Through the cracks in my wall here at home
And still they are singing the same old anthem
Hollow words of charming wit and blunt sarcasm
Resonating from the dysfunctional meetings in Glascow
Declaring they have saved the planet from a deadly afterglow”
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Thank yew Ivor,
the poetic archer๐น ๐
for your gracious commenting
but I did try my very best
not to mention with sarcasm
that town hall meeting
(or was it a clown convention?)
in the fine city of Glasgow
I went there once
but only to sample
the fine Scottish whiskey
but wouldn’t you know
what happened there
was a bigger disgrace
than me (and not Linda)
getting all Celtic blue ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
and offa’ my face ๐ฅ
It’s all very ironic
as the native Caledonians
affectionately refer to Glasgow
as “The Dear Green Place”๐
That failed convention
could certainly have done with
a rampaging William Wallace ๐ช๐๐
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Far too ironic
In a town so iconic
With their faces all aglow
Ashamed they are too slow
Because there’s not enough dough
Although
The world still makes more ammo
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Brilliant David.. this should def be a reblog for next year!๐
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Thank you exceedingly, Cindy ๐ ๐
I just don’t know what got into me ๐
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It’s a pleasure and well deserved!! ๐
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This is a fabulous write!
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Greatly appreciated, Jennifer ๐
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David, this is stellar.
Good to read you after a long time.
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Thank you in a perpetual fashion,
Punam ๐ ๐
Yes, I seem to be surrounded by
labour intensive children. I just dont
know how this situation happened?๐
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You are everlastingly welcome, Sir David. ๐
You don’t!! ๐ณ๐๐
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But if we stay inside the dome, the damage other countries do to their people and environment won’t possibly affect us.
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I’ll check with you when I’m allowed
out, as the Dome is in a panicked
pandemic lock down situation ๐
but I think that’s what Russia said
after the Chernobyl meltdown ๐ค
Carbon dioxideand methane have
a nasty habit of getting around, just
like radiation โข๏ธ โฃ๏ธ
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Wow! Itโs coming. If itโs not already here. I wonder if watching the rest of us die off will become a spectator sport?
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Troubles can either unite us, thus
bringing out the best in mankind,
or divide, usually along tribal lines.
According to Yoda, the future
is always in in motion, and
difficult. to see. But whatever is
to come … I’m sure it’ll be put up
on the Placebo Dome Jumbotron.
Thanks Ingrid for tuning in ๐๐
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This is just awesome๐๐๐
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Greatly appreciated, Kaushal ๐๐๐
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just brilliant!. greetings from Oz!.
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Thank you, Gary … also from
the Antipodean division ๐ญ๐ฒ of the
Placebo Dome, called Bay 13 ๐
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This is carpet-bombing social commentary–and the hits just keep on comin’ . . .
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Thanks Liz. Yes, a fresh breath of
locomotive action is a motivation,
as the planetary carpet is in dire
need of an explosive steam clean.
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You’re welcome, David. You are certainly right about that.
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Love this. Brilliant!
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Thanks Bob. Sadly there’s an
overload of toxic inspiration.
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Yes, you’re right, it is sad. As your post makes clear. But we need to know that, and rebel against it. Really well done.
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We do need to get mad as hell
and greatly modify our behaviour.
No use looking to the government
or big business for a saviour.
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Wow, amigo Mr. Redpath, what a superb, superb post and accompanying artwork. Though-provoking, chuckle-inducing, and just beyond-words-excellent. Seriously! I really had to chuckle at the bits about Melania…”She who freely dispenses
all her store bought wisdom
to the not so needy โฆ or poor
Pilgrims privileged to be graced
with her pulling of the sour face
expressing her saintly long suffering
No doubt a side effect
of Lord Donaldโs after-taste” ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ Laughing laughing. Thank you for sharing your brilliance and depth with us, my friend! I love your art! Muchos abrazos desde Andalucia (por ahora)๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ค
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Result of being richest is another name for The Placebo Dome. All real facts of slaves’s bones’s Dome are hidden in history. Right point putting up with sarcastic way by you is admirable and thought provoking, dear Redpath !! Well done.๐๐๐๐
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Thank you, Aruna ๐
They say that travel broadens the
mind. It has certainly opened my
eyes to things we are conditioned
to ignore in our own backyard.
Everywhere there are those treated
as untouchables, consigned to eke
a living from the trash of others. Breathing the air of heavily polluted despair in New Delhi lit a fire ๐ฅ
in my overfed belly.
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Yeah.true.at Delhi,Lock down has remained from last one week because of Heavy Air Pollution and is continuing for indefinite time.This problem is not in India but many countries are included.We are bear all worst things coz of Our Ambitiously nature of 17 th n 19th ancestors or invaders.Most welcome for putting up the main problems for modern era’s environments, Dear Redpath!!
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A fun though distressing read. Good job!
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Thank you, JT.
I was once told that it’s the
business of poetry to be a
bit dangerous, with just a
touch of agony & ecstasy ๐
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Store bought wisdom, indeed. This read so beautifully like spoken word. Lots of harsh realities under the placebo dome.
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Being a child of ruin, the Dome has
ever been my home away from home.
Like a Bed & Apocalypse that grows
more room for doom with every visit.
If it’s not too late, hopefully we can
renovate for a future of sun shiny
weather, K โ๏ธ ๐
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Huzzah for a sun roof let there be light.
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Hopefully the cream of human
ingenuity and intelligence will
rise to the challenge ๐ค
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awesome wordsmithing, with such cutting insights … not much left untouched!
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I did feel the need to scream
and shout, as COP26 was a
total sell out. Waiting for a
COP27 may be way too late,
and probably another COP-OUT.
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So well said :#
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Thank you, Patrice ๐
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Sharp, witty, current yet timeless; amazing flow!
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Greatly appreciated.
Thank you muchly ๐๐
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David, your imagination always takes the reader to a unique place. As I was reading, I had an image of John D. Rockefeller and his beloved Standard Oil buying up all of the precious space left under the Dome. After all, they own everything else.
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Now that you mention it, Buckeye,
the Placebo Dome has a luxury
skybox reserved for the ghost of
John D. Rockefeller, high up in the
Seven Sisters of Opec stand.
After all, the Placebo Dome is a
meritocracy of desolation.
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Amazing! May his ghost rest in peace. David, I appreciate your well-timed wit.
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That is quite the stunning word wizardy, nice job.
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Very much appreciated, Jay ๐
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Witty, acerbic, and very talented writing, David! ๐ You have identified all of the problems we face.
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Thank you, Cheryl.
If only we humans had learnt
to respect our habitat ๐
and generally behave, as I fear
the near future will be only
for the courageously brave ๐
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Brilliant story, and it showed your charming wit. Really astonishing work.
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Thanks for the encouraging
compliment, Yam ๐ ๐
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With pleasure dear. Have a great day.
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Brilliant David. ๐๐๐ป๐ช
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Just a transient ramble through
the Placebo Jungle, Amber ๐๐
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Aha, articulated very well David. Best of wishes my friend. ๐๐ป๐ช๐
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Such a witty writing! Thoroughly enjoyed โค
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Very pleased to hear, Aishwarya ๐๐น
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a scathing, comprehensive attack: there are so many privileged poseurs who won’t willingly surrender their wealth, their self entitlement; we are entering angry, dangerous times —
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On behalf of the seething masses
I profusely apologise to the filthy
rich and infamous for ceaselessly
consuming their worldly resources.
Thankfully we have the example of
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to
show us greedy commoners how to
live a modest sustainable lifestyle ๐
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love the sarcasm ๐
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Thanks John.
It’s a self-inflicted gift ๐ค
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you handle it well, David ๐
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Strong, bitter poem…yep that’s the way the world dies. Or, more correctly, we do
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I do like my espresso strong,
with an extra hot shot of bitter
being a caffeine fiend who’s
down to his very last drop ๐ง
at the bitter end of a planetary
percolation. My epitaph …
“Bean There, Drunk That โ”
Sweet of you to comment.
Please do come again ๐ ๐
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This is so โin your face trueโ my friend. Great work. I love it. The artwork, the horrid inequalities and how we are destroying our world daily. Wake the heck up folks and if you talk about it but havenโt been doing your part for years, please read again. BRAVO
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The pictures cracked me up. You were like ‘Where’s Waldo’. This poem is a breath of fresh air, free from Oxycodone. Though I must say, I’ve gotten addicted to your rhymes.
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Thanks muchly, Tanmay.
Anything I can do to facilitate
the fate of humanity is pure
poetry to me ๐ช๐๐
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