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Happiness In 21 St Century

These days happiness comes in packets of twelve Twenty-first century serotonin is sugar-coated Forget Skittles We swallow small rainbows twice daily To reshuffle the skewed chemicals in our brains. Welcome to Generation Z. You’ll fit in here, as long as you can train your brain to be Politically correct. We like our divisions invisible (That way we can pretend they don’t exist.) So let the prejudice fester in your mind but never Cross your lips. Here, we keep our zero-hour contracts pinned to the fridge But bury statistics on starving children like Bad report cards. Empathy should be kept to a minimum To avoid complication. You wouldn’t want to smudge The careful lines inequality has painted, now Would you? A word of advice. Spend some time lengthening your stride So you can step cleanly over the street debris Without dirtying your soles, and if the guilt Starts to taste a little too bitter, toss them a coin to Freshen your mouth. On the dress code, Wear feminism as a fashion statement But bleach the hairs on your upper lip until The gene for female body hair is Recessive. Spring clean your insides once a month With diet pills you buy online and remember to keep Your Instagram feed as colourful as your Medication.

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Date: 6/25/2020 2:44:00 PM
You bring up a lot of talking points in your poem ..Expressed very well..
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Priya Dharshini
Date: 6/25/2020 10:08:00 PM
Thank you for stopping by and appreciating..

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