At Work He Craves For More Shopping Poem by Kevin Patrick

At Work He Craves For More Shopping

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At work he craves for more shopping
And getting high in Mall hopping
He fills his world with Leisure
Until he throws up in seizures
They trade their rights for consumption
And sell their lives by production


And the flag wavers rally
Like a white bread virus
As the dead numbers tally
All Logic is silenced
A true Pyrrhic victory
For the moral majority


And lady liberty dances
on the edge of a cliff
she takes a dose of bleach
to get her flogging kicks
accepting what is fatal
of this democracy fable

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: consume
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
People would rather be consumers and he keep the neoliberal beast alive forsaken the survival of themselves and others. This is the world we live in people would rather die then not be able to shop.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM

Liked the ultimate stanza. Very incisive. A vivid portrayal of how democracy works at these times of uncertainty. A brilliant write as always, Kevin.

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A very astute observation on people's behavior. I concur with your perceptive and brilliant thoughts. Yes, there are many people who want to shop and shop. They are shopaholics. They just purchase things as if there is no tomorrow. Sometimes they just hoard mindless of those people who are deprived of the opportunity to buy their needs.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 20 May 2020

He craves for more shopping and having more hopping. Increasing rate of production and sale encourages him a lot. Their rights for consumption is kept in mid with respect to production. Lady liberty dances on the edge of a cliff. This poem is very amazingly penned. I put my historic 40,190th comment (my Forty thousands one hundred and ninety comment)

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