This is about how consumerism can overcome and conquer the human spirit if we allow it to. |
COVET Wanting Reaching always - stretching my hands out farther Until the sinews bare thin under the pressure Fingertips Tips of bone - pushing hard against the skin Until the ends become white and bare Goodness Escaping me - slipping out from clefts of my heart While my soul follows suit and sneaks out through the hole Coveting Desire aching - in my loins, in my mind The thoughts of what I want but don’t have Consuming Never refreshed - never a fully belly Or a sigh of pleasant relief Motivated Driven by self - through spoken word and intended deed I act only to gain Capitalist So thankful - for only the opportunity To take more, to get more, to accumulate more Hidden Behind a smile - a smile that means nothing More than a means to an end Revealing The truth - about myself and what this world has done To me, what it has made me Shatter My paradigm - the world within a world That I built for myself Stolen A dirty gift - built for myself from the legs of your hard work And selfless toil Tired You should be - I spent all that you made me in just one day And then I spent all of what you made for yourself today, too. 2009 Sam Friedman |