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All Is Fair In Love and Advertsising

Daily I watch as you use our heartfelt emotions To sell your products. You play on our guilt, Our fears give you a lot of scope, And our sense of joy you belittle. Our anger you use to get attention, You even use our children to give us warm fuzzy's. Laughter you stage to perfection. Our sense of fair play you have found a way to use, All for the sake of your product. What care you that day by day we value our emotions as less real And more like some party trick. Because the product is the thing. Love I am sure would be long dead but for us still holding our poets dear And their words still fresh and pure.

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Daniel Turner

Date: 10/1/2016 9:42:00 AM

I abhor commercials! I too think it wrong to exploit children in them to sway one's emotions. I mute them!. Nice write, David:)

David Smith
Date: 10/1/2016 4:24:00 PM

Thanks Danial for taking time to read my work and for comments. I remember when my kids were younger and they put on skits at school. Adds featured prominently. Adds seem to have more influence than TV programmes on them. Bye the bye a Poet from NZ living in Seattle got killed at Pedestrian Crossing. His dog did not want to leave his side.