Effluent

An unused by-product, waste or residue.

Brownish, sudsy discharge heading down to the next drinking water plant

Hatred spewing unchecked from the poor upon seeing the prosperity all around

Ignorance vented as noise, smoke and litter by the loudly-proud working class

Used oil and dirty grease washed off overcrowded roads and into nearby streams

Vitriol escaping from the dyspeptic ruling theocrats in righteous bile-green streams

Deceptions, omissions and outright lies leaching from abandoned advertising materials

Embrace of diesel fumes from an apartment cowboy warming a shiny pickup

Endless stream of used prisoners leaking from the filthy underside of society

The constant feeling that so many unchangeable things have gone so very wrong

Fertilizers and pesticides invisibly spreading from land to mother’s milk

Lies and money escaping from under flimsy, leaking plastic cover-ups

Deodorant, hair spray, skin cream and toothpaste changing the fish in the streams

The overwhelming malodorous effluvia from the simple existence of too many people

Murky discontent which brews desperate acts of perverted terrorism

Hope spiraling with smoke from burning trees that always gave us shelter

Noxious brown cloud which we exude above our cities in our scuttling to and fro

Human wreckage in filthy rags, intoxicated and begging on gray corners

Useless and obscene eruptions blurted out in hopeless and unheard tirades

Commerce, in the form of mercury and lead, oozing into a quiet baby’s room

Hypocrisy and lies flowing unfiltered into the open minds of helpless children

Fairly brilliant men and women with their entire belongings in old shopping carts

Religious dogma bubbling off from boiling insecurity, ignorance and fear

Dirty slime left behind by the righteous tenants who still owed their rent

The artificial aura of hurry and importance created by commercials on our televisions

Litter hotspots blooming robustly around each welcome new big box retail store

Environmental degradation spreading out behind the black contrail of our consumption

Cheap homes and tacky strip malls, a lasting tribute to our powerfully vapid greed

Tons of CO2 emitted idling SUVs to stay cool while sipping good hot coffee

Mistrust, hatred and war a normal byproduct of the love for one’s true God

Squishy sound of rubber boots echoing in the residues of corporate slaughterhouses

The failing education system a godsend for political and advertising sloganeers

Millions of pounds of greasy fast food fat hauled about by the wheezingly obese

Mass self-loathing induced by artificially perfect and unattainable marketing stereotypes

Useless and infantile noise emitted purposely via costly exhaust modifications

Imaginary souls wafting gracefully to a soul-scam heaven upon the demise of their frail shells

Involuntary suspension of all belief resulting from chronic propaganda exposure

Twist of the pursuit of happiness into a god-granted license to get rich by any means

Decay of virtue into the worship of all-consuming greed and hyper-consumption

Permanent mental degradation resulting from years of mindless channel flipping

Acid rain dulling our prized autos as they emerge from their safe garages

Stain of the hypocrisy left by militarily spreading freedom, only where it suits our needs

Destruction of the desert soil microbe community by gas-powered wreckreation

Mute hatred and aggression inflicted upon your fine new car by unseen vandals

Myriad invisible toxic substances soaking your children in parts per million

Tuberculosis returning stronger because we don’t bother to finish our prescriptions

A thousand foolish expensive commercials filling the air at every instant

An outpouring of nonsensical and co-opted faith from the ignorant, childish and insecure

Palpable hatred flowing outward from many sources in all directions

Broken lives and shattered dreams crunching underfoot amid layers of litter

Multi-generational, illegitimate mothers bearing children raised in their own chaotic images

Anger bubbling over from lack of control over things we do not wish to understand

Poisonous smell of cooking Meth stimulating wild desires for large doses

Overdosed pesticides and fertilizers running off with the wasted water sprinkled on too-green lawns

Self-worth oozing from the critical wound caused by casual overseas outsourcing

Potential escaping into the atmosphere from families without fathers

Rational, educated thought decaying into a blind faith in concocted religious scams

Anger, frustration and disappointment vented upon frightened children

Invisible fumes from smarmy, self-evident truths inhaled 24X7 without a whimper

Earth’s infected scabs from our so-called progress, visible even from out in space

Savings absorbed by credit cards, second mortgages, gambling and vacations

Disquieting silence spreading when we shut up as our toys lose power

Unceasing toxic rants of political sloganeering pressurizing our homes

Dangerous ideas given off by the decomposition of polite society

The aura of unreality which surrounds us throughout our frantic dancing