Material girl
So caught up in the world
Your life and outlook make me hurl
Self-indulgent
Caring for no one else
Just a little material girl
Your title belongs to no one in particular
Men and women equally can be a material girl
They’re all the same
Unfettered, unbothered by others’ woes
They just pose and post
With their new shoes and clothes
A self-righteous sense of how others should look
Yet, when’s the last time they read a book
Explored anything outside their internal, infernal universe
Oh, what a curse
To be enraptured by your own reflection
A life without direction
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By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
One Unchecked Box
"Republished" because it was the only way to add the embed for the newly recorded audio version of this story due to the Top Story badge. Plus it serves as a nice, informal announcement of the podcast's revival for another season (go subscribe!):
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 days ago in Fiction
Comments (5)
This is great. So well said.
Excellent pacing and message Atomic! 😃 Good job.
Oh, to be thoroughly disabused of the desire for anything selfish & thoroughly immersed in desire to reach out to others, to love & care for one another as we are meant.
Oh, that last line!
Madonna, call your office... ;)