Faces
          Bodies
                       Clothes
                              that taunt us with perfection
 On TV
             Ads
                     and Billboards
                                            too numerous to mention.

Exercising
                  Motorizing
               ­                       Proselytizing
                            ­                              so it goes….

Everywhere you turn to
are solutions to all woes

If you
Use that scent
                          Drive that car
                                                  or Take that pill
Great looks
                     Good health
                                            More wealth
are yours
and never mind the bill!

But are We, the people
so easily deceived
that we can trust an item
to meet our every need?

Or have our minds’ convictions
unwisely been conceived?