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I don’t know what to buy nothing seems to be enough for me I think about all it took to get to that shelf in the supermarket; all it took for them to place that can of soda on a shelf And then I thought to myself that the same applies with everyone and everything How is the twinkle in your left eyeball (the one I’d stare at as you’d fall asleep to the sound of my stories, the ones you didn’t like) any different from the can of sardines at your local supermarket I propose that we are all products in an increasingly capitalistic market No one wants you in the end You end up in someone’s cart for twenty minutes You take a ride; whilst suffocating in a plastic bag You are used and eaten and beaten You are merely an item And then you’re over And then you are to be thrown away Brought to a landfill Buried And finally you are to be forgotten And the worst part is, that you thought that you were special
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Nov 8, 2013
Nov 8, 2013 at 7:31 AM UTC
Cynicism at a Supermarket
I don’t know what to buy nothing seems to be enough for me I think about all it took to get to that shelf in the supermarket; all it took for them to place that can of soda on a shelf And then I thought to myself that the same applies with everyone and everything How is the twinkle in your left eyeball (the one I’d stare at as you’d fall asleep to the sound of my stories, the ones you didn’t like) any different from the can of sardines at your local supermarket I propose that we are all products in an increasingly capitalistic market No one wants you in the end You end up in someone’s cart for twenty minutes You take a ride; whilst suffocating in a plastic bag You are used and eaten and beaten You are merely an item And then you’re over And then you are to be thrown away Brought to a landfill Buried And finally you are to be forgotten And the worst part is, that you thought that you were special
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Nov 8, 2013
Nov 8, 2013 at 7:31 AM UTC
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