Short Consumerism Poems

Tainted Souls lost to
Consumerism -
Human debris
Stumbling
Tearing flesh for 
A crumb of pride....

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our consumerism
an insatiable hunger
driven by some need
possession of goods defines
societal sense of wealth...

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Shopping without need,
desire runs through my veins.
I shake my head ‘no’
at those things I merely want,
when some outside hold their hand-
trying, living day to day-
grateful for what they do have....

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Seduced is a mild term
For what some
Are trying to do
To all of us.

Materialism 

Commercialism

Consumerism 

Spend your money to save some

WTF

A wake up call is needed

Well here it is

What do you really need

To live.?.?....

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Big house, three cars and shopping evryday.  Materialism, socalisim and consumerism. Ism, 
ism ,ism.  Being in debt.

In the RED. Stressed out.  Diamond rings, bling, bling , bling.
Bored and no hope. Greed and deceit.

Money dosen't by happiness....

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The crowd is untrue,
Thus the need to stand aloof,
...Honestly be friends
With an honest few, is right.
Aye, the key to the victory.

Cower not under
The impulse of consumerism,
Since you aren't a beast.
Thus, to set things as always,
Means giving the best in you....

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Fragile
humanity.
Haunted by a world of 
divisive 'isms' and phobia,
Struggling
to find a voice, aching to live.
The gentle embrace of
a child. Sweet hope
takes wing.




*'isms' - things like racism, sexism, consumerism, cannibalism... the list can be extensive. 

2.12.2016...

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PLASTIC THRILLS

Santa shelves his elves
a bountiful excess
of yuletide spread

 NOT

your average smash 
and grab so aloof 
from the truth 

flurriedfakes
frostedhearts
snowsinflakes

greedily snatch 
bags of plastic
thrills to smash

the carnage of
consumerism


© Kim van Breda—29 November 2015...

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A soul so chained it dragged the weight
Through the graveyard to the vast estate
Into a life money bound  
Pretensious living their great crown
Money their god and baptism
Soul chained by materialism
No longer life of the party
Caught between life and death..bungee
Chained soul needs an exorcism
To free from consumerism

possibly unfinished...

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darkness in every inch of town.
swallowing consumerism.
the itch to buy,
that envelopes society.
a rash,
infection.
sweet vanilla candles.
tea lights of safety.
windows open.
marijuana perfuming the air.
voices swept by summer heat.
lighting rumbling in the past.
pavement saturated by the storm.
everything is alright.
everything has turned blue....

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t-rump
a spoiled childish
mental dino-sore

fostered by the corporates
competitive news channels
divide and conquer

it's 'us against them'
(whomever them are)
consumerism run rampant

what's the point
america is not the best
never was

wake up america
put people first
corporates second

education wise
and health wise etc.
is what sanity is


stan sand...

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Intention
Invention
Intervention
—Inferno or supernal?

Tons and tons of perilous water roaring to the ocean 
Thanks to fission without vision—
Is it time to reverse the chain reaction?

Utopianism
Skepticism 
Consumerism
All kinds of -ism
But where is
Optimism?

Neon god
Chat god
We are God
Who else to tell us
We are flawed?

God willing, not until 
the next invention...

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Deception >

There really is no escape
From the claws of commercialism
Cyberspace is awash
With colourful consumerism

A sea of flashing red, bleeding twenty point black
Thriving on attention; never off your back
Yes, that is their task - to beg for your clicks
They’ll draw you in with their nasty, crafty tricks

Practices unruly
Misconceiving text
Don’t click on that iPhone
No sir, or you’ll be next......

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Consumer rules we must obey   
increase self-gain in every way
we shall consume more every day 

so we buy junk we do not need
in supporting the game of greed  
which makes our precious planet bleed

we are locked in and can’t get out  
but now in us there’s growing doubt
as nature’s rules we simply flout

with much joy we now speed ahead
ignoring traffic lights at red 
but now the crash some start to dread.

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When Christ was born
when souls were saved
is it that date
I meditate!

A trampoline  of hesitate
all up and down
acoustics rate
consumerism runs irate!

The children whisper
"don't be late"
It's still the please zone
in rebate!

As rhyme to rhyme
configurate
the need for joy within
ones state!

So sorry, I commiserate
go out and just 
do celebrate
we're fools for action's remonstrate!

and still commune . . . . and complicate!...

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Miner's out on Strike
No Coal to fuel the home fires
Or plumes of Industry 
Outside the Picket gate's 
The Miner's stood 

Egged on by Militant Union leaders
Selling the deception of better pay
That would not see the light of day
They waited for

That what which was not to come
They had met there Waterloo 
The future was mass consumerism 
On a global scale

Manufacturing and Mining 
Had seen its day in the Sun
The 1990 had begun...

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Roses can be green

The globalized world is a grey blanket
the common language and culture (consumerism)
A haze of foul jollity and hollow laughter
lost minds, save elephants and waterholes

life is self-indulgent a rush into the arms of self
where the famous chef wears a toupee.

Roses are blue, the only colour of today 
oxalate hamburgers, beans in tomato sauce
sesame seed for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Eunuchs are ruling the worldwide internet....

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Roses are not blue

The world as one is a grey blanket of nothing
The same language the same culture (consumerism)
A haze foul of jollity and hollow laughter.
Lost minds save the elephant and waterholes

Life is a self-indulgent rush into the arms of self
And movies of no consequence.

Roses are blue it is the only colour today
Oxalating hamburger, beans in tomato sauce
Sesame seed for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Eunuchs are ruling the planet, welcome....

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Roses are not blue

The world as one is a grey blanket of nothing
The same language, the same culture (consumerism)
A haze foul of jollity and hollow laughter.
Lost minds save the elephant and waterholes

Life is self-indulgent rush into the arms of self
And movies of no consequence.

Roses are blue it is the only colour today
Oxalating hamburger, beans in tomato sauce
Sesame seed for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Eunuchs are ruling welcome to globalisation....

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Roses are not blue

The world as one is a grey blanket of nothing
The same language, the same culture (consumerism)
A haze foul of jollity and hollow laughter.
Lost minds save the elephant and waterholes

Life is self-indulgent rush into the arms of self
And movies of no consequence.

Roses are blue it is the only colour today
Oxalating hamburger, beans in tomato sauce
Sesame seed for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Eunuchs are ruling welcome to globalisation....

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Roses are not blue

The world as one is a grey blanket of nothing
The same language, the same culture (consumerism)
A haze foul of jollity and hollow laughter.
Lost minds save the elephant and waterholes

Life is self-indulgent rush into the arms of self
And movies of no consequence.

Roses are blue it is the only colour today
Oxalating hamburger, beans in tomato sauce
Sesame seed for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Eunuchs are ruling welcome to globalisation....

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Picturesque and simple with sweet little windows,
Tidy guestrooms beside stylish bedrooms,
A kitchen straight out of a home catalog,
All contain inside plastic walls.
Blush, copper, teal walls leading to a bathroom,
Cobalt blue hibiscus designs on matching tea sets,
Coordinating furniture in every room.
Delicate and perfect from the roof to the garden.
Impeccable ideal home, a tangible version of home.
A grounded fantasy that profoundly consumes all,
 Yearning to live in a dollhouse....

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