Malls as an analogy of greater societal oppression

To all the families wasting away
in a food court
Leave, I say
Wake up and see the mall for what it is
not a destination
but an orgy
of blind expenditure
and impulsive pleasures
Parents take up your children
whisk them away
from all the gilded
brass treasures

See the outside world
See a library,
read a book
take a picture
Use your holiday to become closer to one another
and not credit card debt

Don't you see?
the mall is a lie
The mall will always let you down
because it is not a resort
but a prison

So flee the prison
before escape
is as ignored
as a PA announcement

We live in a society
where people are content to
sleep
they have no aims
they have no knowledge of fulfillment
left a lone-edness
is the most common desire

By and large we groan and roll over
and eat the slop put before us
like the swine and bovine
in the south valley
And like the valley, the stench is nauseating to
anyone passing through
but to those who live in it
of it
around it
they can't even remember what it smelled like

The mall is a trough
and entire families will feed from it
for entire days
chewing the cud
and staring blankly into blandly decorated
space

I will be waiting behind my counter regardless
wasting hours
being pressured to sell you things you will never need
and sign up for cards you will never use
the money may trickle in
at a minimum wage clip
but I swear to you
the moment the cage door is left open
my exit
will be
swift