Material Perspectives and media objectives

I kind of imagined this one more like spoken word.. meant to be slow and dramatic..

Puppets on a string
Performing
For all the world to see
Blatantly
Mocking humanity
Persuading
Society
To believe
It's all about 'Me'
Me.
Me.
See It
Gutta have It
Be It
Wear It
Don't share it
'Do You'
'Get Yours'
Entitled and bored
Self absorbed
Consumer to the core

And if you think
There may be more
To Life...
Oh, right-
Don't Think.
Just Buy
Buy.
Buy.
And if you try
To Use Your Mind..
Never
Mind
We have an App for That.

Reviews

[emmajoy]

The irony, truth and observation couldn't be better put! Too much for too many and then still not enough. Simple daisy in the hand to say I love you is sniffed at, sitting by the fireside chatting memories is third rate compared with theatre with dinner before/after - both. Tis siad.. knowing the price of everything and.. the value of nothing.

You know the quote only too well, or seemingly, approve of it 100%. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts in such fine language.

[A.marie.speaks]

thanks for your appreciation! Hopefully some day we may see more value in the 'free' gifts life gives all of us.

[Nisreen]

I was just thinking about that app thing the other day
Something about life nowadays has become impersonal
Faceless
But not for all .... I love your work

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you!

[Adam Adams]

Eh yo.. I'mma gotta say u goddamn notch gal got ur pal! Damn, that's hot! U write ur work so well especially when u goddamn get ur classy muse outta to the nakedness of peeled-paper... to have it goddamn go drilled with an every sugary thoug' creative pie of thoughts. Excellent. What a sexism of WORDS u dig it, babe! Cool. Enjoyed reading ur gutta work!

Whatss? What did i just review 'tis time? Ha! *just playing* I sincerely giva damn 'bout ur latest poetry. It speaks the heart, dramatically. Keep up d grt8 work!

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you! Just trying to get this crazy outta my head. The world is backwards and I'm stubbornly attempting to make some sense of this nonsense.. hah I'm glad you enjoyed this one!

[andrew mitchell]

Loved this on how we are dictated to, told by advertising what you should wear, how you should look and what and when to buy in this material world we live in. It's all about you !! only if you have money!

[A.marie.speaks]

Exactly! The media has molded everyone to believe money equals happiness, material objects equal beauty and now with social media platforms you are even the center of the world... something tells me they're wrong but hell, who am I ?

[Gaurav]

Interesting perspective of world defined by Show Business. Nice read. Thanks for sharing.

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you :)

[Mary Helda]

Well this world is full of self absorbed people...great write

[A.marie.speaks]

Yes it is. Thank you for your comments!

[Tobias H. Reese]

Cheers. Chomsky. Cheese and Chess. Gotta love the Gutta best.
Reviews, opinions, slam a few, to use your mind.. that's the test.
String along puppets mocking the performance!
It's not about you so who cares? No? You are right,
Buy it. Absorb it like an alcohol pad. You can't be persuaded to believe
In change that doesn't exist.
(trans: take all critiques with a figurative grain of salt)
Drive disk fail.
Computer has performed an illegal operation.
Drive disc fail
reboot.
Good read......Peace. :-)

[A.marie.speaks]

Beautiful! Your comment itself is a superb poem! Thank you for taking a moment to read. I'm glad you enjoyed my poem.

[Dandelion]

Sadly we live in a self absorbed world and we are slowly killing ourselves and this planet.
I think you could really do more with this, add to it, and turn it into a kick a*s slam poem.

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you. I'm experimenting with "slam style" of writing.. It kind of just came out like that, but I will definitely rethink it and try to expand on it. Thanks for the idea!

[Nigel Newman]

Hi There. I saw your name on another review so I hopped across to take a peek. Gosh I like this. Well 'like' isn't an ideal world for the attitude you describe so well. I'm not an apologist for radicalisation of any kind, but there are aspects of our society where you'd have to say we've totally lost our way. Is it any wonder that folk opt out and feel totally disenchanted with a society they see as shallow. And yet I live in hope.

Anyway, back to your piece. I think it's very well done. I love the repeated words. And I love the 'app' close. The only thing I didn't get was why you spelt Gotta with a 'u' - I'm guessing you have a reason?

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you for reading and reviewing! I'm from outside Boston, I think we pronounce everything a little different! Haha I didn't realize it was different :) but so glad you liked the piece

[Nigel Newman]

Lovely part of the world. Distant work-related memories of Quincy Market and Plymouth Foundation, and spending a little while around Kittery ME. But I now understand your spelling!

[William Gardner]

Nice satirical work here, it is without a doubt the truth- but as a retail manager I must say I support all of the talk about buying. We cannot hold onto our money too long, life necessitates our constant spend. happy Holidays!

[A.marie.speaks]

Oh I see your perspective most definitely we need a flourishing economy and in this capitalist country buying fuels success.. but it's what we buy, why we buy it and how we use it that needs some contemplation.. I think. But thank you for your kind review!