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To make more, have more, be more Soon both worked and for a time got more For a while, till others learned And prices climbed and value dropped And children came; still both worked For what one could earn before It now took two to make And children grew up with school, TV and no parents And of the two TV had the greater influence For it purported to tell life the way it is And caused life to be created in its image An image reflecting unrestrained adolescent longings Tied closely to the theme it began with To make more, have more, be more…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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