Fake Fireplaces

The duality of everyday life

Fake fireplaces really piss me off. I mean, what’s the point.                    I saw one the other day, in this little overpriced café,                       Next to it was a stack of plastic logs- not to burn?...

Atop the mantle of make believe,                               

There were battery powered  lights (LCD’s) 

that tried to flicker like flames.

It took everything in me not to walk over 

To the tiny power box AND turn it off.                                                    But then, the owner of the establishment might think that I am strange,                                                                        So I Didn't,

Because I really like eating, in this little overpriced café.

Reviews

[Tom]

Well at least one consolation, the food is good here in this little cafe the genuine article unlike if the surrounding decor, yes i'm with you here, a fake fire much like fake people, neither inspires confidence as well as being rather cold beneath that outer, glowing facade ..

Amazing

[Amanda Reynolds]

Thank You!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the things we put up with just so we can put up with other things.
Overpriced and fake...what is becoming of us...???
I found in my older age that "strange" is just fine...and I don't care what people think anymore....
I am just me.
your poetry is so real.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

I guess in an overpriced cafe you would expect more than a fake fire while you enjoyed your food. I have to admit I do love a real fire but it’s not always practical is it? Plastic logs sound really naff though. I have to admit to liking fairy lights:) Enjoyed the read and stopping by Amanda.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Sadly, this is the way of our world. Plastic, fake, and dispensable.

[willweb]

I may never look at a fake firepl6the same way again. This was fun.

[Amanda Reynolds]

Thank You!

[John the Baptist]

Serial killers piss me off. Fake fireplaces, not so much.