Affluenza

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I dreamt and craved

For a new pair of shoes

Or visit to the zoo.

I worked hard to please

With the best of manners

My chores done perfectly

My homework on time

And my sweetest of smiles.

Waiting for days 

In patient excitement

Till at last one day

My wants were fulfilled.

The joy and thrill

Of the wish come true

With hugs and kisses

Thankful and grateful

In a new of pair shoes!

Gone are those days 

Filled with the magic of wanting

Out on  streets fancy

Window-shopping for fun

Dreaming and preening

Looking longingly hard

At the quiet mannequin

In a dress so gorgeous

You wish it were yours.

Today that dress 

Is stripped off her shoulder

And packed in a jiffy

No dreaming no waiting 

No smiles no kisses

Just a dip of a hand 

Into my purse of plenty

For that piece of plastic

That has killed all the fun.

New disease has hits us all

The disease of affluenza

Of squander and depression.

With money in surplus

In every mans pocket

Dreams dry up

As money buys all,

All that is desired

In a split of a second.

(8th September 2006, Nellore)

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