If you plant dummy politicians
in the field of politics,
you will just feed on
decaying policy or corruption
the result is inevitable,
individual adaptation,
dramatic rises
in conspicuous consumption
social destruction,
and eruption,
the final stage,
reconstruction
huge Christmas gifts
conspicuous consumption~
boxes house homeless
11/20/2021
$100 Wagyu
conspicuous consumption
starving children die
La-di-da land
In la-di-da land
The style is grand
The people are presumptuous
And their spending ostentatious
Their language is grandiloquent
But their thinking faculty is somnoluent
There, the smallest animal is elephant
And their look is elegant
The people love conspicuous consumption
And at all times, they crave for sweet sensation
Conspicuous Consumption
Look at all I have
I've got money burning
In this power grab
Between the haves and have nots
I'm one of the haves
Enjoying this life of luxury
Sitting in its lap
Conspicuous Consumption
Take a breath and breath in deep
Take as many as you want
Although this stuff ain't cheap
Money is no object
It means nothing to me
Now that you ask, yes Virginia
Money does grow on trees
Conspicuous Consumption
In this world of give and take
If it's no longer suitable
It becomes throw away
Even if you tire of it
No need for it to break
Conspicuous Consumption
The phrase of the day
Trump Bothering Everyone
Guess I must make another assumption
Trump is example of conspicuous consumption
With a big plane parked out on concrete
And him being a moron we have to meet.
To another fact I have become resigned
Of course again Trump will change his mind
Calling judge a man who is from Mexico
Yet born in Indiana and up there did grow.
Whatever he had said seems to be a beaut
And not quite sure what he wants to refute
Bad habits like his and each one has become
From people who decided that he is dumb.
If of common sense he were to have a grain
Instead of trying to drive all of us insane
Who many stupid ideas he has fathered
We feel unpleasant and are being bothered.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
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Incite A Big Riot
A big riot he always seems to incite
And so to our party shall not invite
Much better person could chose to be
Some person normal like you and me.
Have soft, smooth voice and will smile
Never putting our patience on trial
That does by his each word and sound
Continually confuses and does confound.
He does drop in with his huge big plane
May mention many things that are mundane
And we must make the usual assumption
Another example of conspicuous consumption.
What does he now want from us this time?
Being big Billionaire and us without a dime
Is absolutely no way we can relate to you
No way he can make our dreams come true.
Hillary voted to have in our lives instead
Even if her husband likes to stay in bed
So this poem of mine to you have sent
Thanks for making Hillary next President.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Was Christmas A Hoax
Me into Christmas wife was trying to coax
And I had been convinced it was a hoax;
Something else it was a substitute for;
Should be God's Son to worship and adore.
People bought up gifts with much gumption
Assumed was for conspicuous consumption
If anyone's spirits you really want to lift
Better be sure to get the a great, big gift.
You know all the gifts were store bought
And reason for Christmas we just forgot
Greatest gift should have been God's Son
God wanted to be the most important one.
Somewhere message we must have missed
While under mistletoe we often had kissed
But wouldn't it have been so nice and kind
If thought of God's Son never left behind.
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Poems Like to Loom
So should I be pleased with the presumption
You could call this conspicuous consumption
How long would you have to rattle a sabre
After learning wife had just gone into labor.
I finally have forgotten all the furious fuss
When they discovered I was ambidextrous
And if I now had a fair amount of vigilance
Maybe might severely affect consequence.
Finally, completely came back to my senses
As soon as I was interrupted by suspense's
Makes no difference how much money I paid
Eventually into my fantastic fortune did fade.
For me, whole life by God is greatly planned
Why should I even start trying to understand
I may flimsily fuss and then frantically fume
My poems like to loom while flowers bloom.
James Thomas Horn, Retired Veteran
See if this one messes with your mind for a while?
DIALECTIC POMPOSITY and other name calling
by V. Anderson-Throop
Dialectic Pomposity
Still chases me---
Elitist snob---
What is the precise
termonology
For an individual
Erudite
With droll wit
Who encounters
Ecstasy
With the
Conspicuous consumption
Of books?
“no” for an answer
“no” to conspicuous consumption
“no” to religion
“no” to nationalism
‘no” to authoritarianism
“no” to fascism
“no” to unchanging tradition
“no” to elitism
“no” to sexism
“no” to racism
“no” to ethnocentrism
“no” to global domination
“no” to exploitation of workers
“no” to exploitation of citizens
“no” to raping the resources of others
“no” to worshipping celebrity
“no” to advertising whoremongers
“no” to bullying surveillance
“no” to masturbatory imprisonment of
everything that moves, for the
sad attempt to keep all the above in
check.
“no” to those looking for “yes.”