Ersatz Ecstasy
Substitute happiness
modeled on material things
Buy new iterations of the same
every seasonal change
Improved, your life will be
from promises of acquisition guarantee
Ersatz ecstasy ...
cankered desires rotting the spirit from within
Manufactured joy
bought with paper and plastic
Non-biodegradable debris
tossed away in a cobweb attic
If every item sold be advertised as perfection,
why don’t the products last forever?
Ersatz ecstasy ...
weak imitations trying to pass as the real thing
Man-made idols
coined as possessions of replicated paradise
Substitute garden of Eden
in need of repair by machines without a soul
Ersatz ecstasy
loses its potency when the expiration date gets old
Leaving you with empty happiness that can’t be sold
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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