Artificial Eden: Numb Narcissus Poem by DM W

Vanity of vanities - all is vanity" (Ecclesiastes)

Another numb Narcissus -
(Or archetypal Adonis)
Works out each and every day;
In front of a myriad of mirrors;
In his one room apartment;
On the outskirts of town.

Pumped full of steroids;
Filled with dumb bell delusions
Of action hero physique.
He glances in mirror 1,
At his muscular body
Of steel and raw iron.

The glint in his eye
Reveals a kind of cold splendour
For he only ever sees
The image he desires,
But never the Truth
The nature of his obsession.