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Compete Compete

they make their reality yours

get better marks in school
join a team and shine
make sure you grow
earn lots of money
money is life
you don't want to die
get a better job
a bigger house
another car
more money

that is the propaganda
what younger generations are taught to believe
but it is only an enforced enticement
to buy into a life of competition
that others may place their bets on wall street
and profit from others illusion of a reality

a certain prez broke existing nuclear deals
and says he/america should be the nuclear number one
that's the oldt propaganda appeal to the millennial generations
...c o m p e t e...c o m p e t e...compete...competecompetecompetecompete


stan sand

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Geoffrey Brewer Date: 8/13/2019 5:33:00 AM You could have fooled me! My observation is that the life suggestions in your first verse are now considered outdated; and the reverse, as you seem to propose, is what is currently taught in schools and higher education. Login to Reply

Richard Lamoureux Date: 8/7/2019 10:29:00 AM I wrote a piece called Paul Peter and the Tweeter. I think you would enjoy it. Login to Reply

Richard Lamoureux Date: 8/7/2019 10:27:00 AM In Canada we have a balance nd still we have free healthcare. It seems to work. Login to Reply

Ronald D Thompson Date: 8/4/2019 2:42:00 PM Quite true. Material objects are not a good basis to judge people. To my mind you do not succeed by comparing yourself with others , you succeed if you are achieving your own personal goals and that might just be being content!! Great poem. Ron Login to Reply Sand Blown Date: 8/4/2019 4:20:00 PM yes...too often people accept/take competition as a way to go through life...civilization is pretty much past its early survival stages...instead of insurance companies competing for your money and you the same for care, the u.s. gov't is vastly wealthy and should institute cost free health plans like other countries..wait a minute...sounds far too socialist for t-rump's understanding