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consumption

by poorman a. blackstar

Walking downtown arms full of name brands.
Names seen on screens in magazines.
Exclusive chains, boutiques.
Everything on sale.
You work to buy.
You spend to get.
Need no longer an issue.
She is a vessel to be filled with products.
She bought hair.
Cut, colored, permed.
Every body part needs a product on it, in it, over it.
You work to acquire.
Poor people want more money so they can consume too.
They want to look just like you.
They want food from restaurants,
coffee from cafes, wine and beer from bars.
Movies advertise hot products, lifestyles.
There are unopened packages lying in your basement, forgotten.
not the need for the product, the need for the purchase.
When you buy, you are a part of the world,
the flow of currency, the illness, consumption.
Color for your face parts.
Rings for your lobes, jewels for your neck.
Impossibly priced watches for your twisted wrist.
You can pay down on it, lay it away, pay with credit.
Buy one and get one free, two for the price of one.
Buy hair, buy nails, buy lashes, and buy breasts.
Buy magazines so you know what to buy.
Men pay hard cash for masculine things.
Cornered clothes, muscles.
They trade money for the unsafety of motor vehicles.
They buy for their children.
It means they love them.
Afraid of their wives.
Afraid to say "no".
The more they spend, the more their women love them.

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