In This Casino
In this Casino
you give
a little more
each time.
Attention.
Emotion.
Hours.
Hope.
And still
you are asked
for more—
to feed the bottomless hunger,
the insatiable thirst.
In this Casino
more is more,
but never enough,
until you are empty.
And then some.
©Samia Oldman
CONTEXT
You are reading dystopian fantasy poetry collection the Hush Halo. After the Great Optimization a privileged group of people wired themselves tightly into the system by aligning with it and fully integrating. Systoics believe they’ve perfected themselves by stripping away everything that slows them down.
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“more is more,
but never enough,
until you are empty.” Yes. Good piece.
The bottomless pit, the never satisfying life.