Store Bought Happiness

Store bought happiness.
A new dress
when you are young 
and feel sexy.

Store bought happiness.
A hat and shoes
When you are older and do not.

Store bought happiness
To fill you up
to lift your spirits
Temporarily and never completely.

Store bought happiness
Fades rapidly
when the bills come in.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Man Avatar
June 29, 2018 at 8:41 PM
Caren.. you're preaching truth!!
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June 30, 2018 at 9:14 AM
Lyric Man, poetry unleashes the truth, right?
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