--- >*"Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like."* [**- Will Rogers**](https://www.azquotes.com/quote/249442) <H3>Does it ever get to you?</H3> The constant, relentless bombardment with *advertising?* --- [![dan-burton-w3TwyZMlfPg-unsplash.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRNcgJ3Gcfj6w4hUoXsqgau8hiTm1Ni9ETFBa4Uo2Gx3Q/dan-burton-w3TwyZMlfPg-unsplash.jpg)](https://steemit.com/a/@creatr/b) <H6>Consumerism. ~ Image courtesy of [Dan Burton](https://unsplash.com/@single_lens_reflex)</H6> --- <center><H3>~Consumerism~</H3><H6>by Duncan Cary Palmer</H6></center> <center> This modern life's So trouble-free, **I can't keep up.** Consumerism's Killing me, **I can't keep up.** There's nothing left Commercial free: *Buy Wheaties! As seen on **TV!*** The market Has it's grip on me, ***I can't keep up!*** </center> --- <center><H3>~FIN~</H3></center> --- https://youtu.be/_qWHJ29-s4U --- <center>**Note:** If you're reading this after the payout window has closed,<BR>you can still reward it: [**CLICK HERE**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@creatr/steemit-tip-how-to-reward-good-articles-after-the-payout-period-has-expired).<center> --- <div class="pull-left"> <a href="rebrand.ly/3d97"> <img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmchJqquBY9sVfuuAX2arG7tgunPytnUc96NT2aW6315kR/BoxArrow%20copy.png" alt="Table of Contents" style="border:0;" width="100%;"></a></div> <H6>**P.S.** If you have an "in" with anybody at [**Steemit, Inc.**](https://steem.io) - Would you please ask them to *get rid* of these damn, [**extremely annoying**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@creatr/registering-my-discontent-stop-screwing-with-the-u-i) "off-website" arrow/boxes? The have, overnight, made Steemit ***ugly***. There are [***much* better solutions.**](https://www.solodev.com/blog/web-design/how-to-make-an-external-link-pop-up-modal.stml)</H6> --- <center><H3>For more poetry, please check out our Library Poetry Shelf - ***CLICK*** below:</H3><a href="https://steemit.com/library/@creatr/poetry"> <img src="https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmZwcz94Z6khqB813NJgUv665Bs634iKs8Zr8jPcgQvrie/ShelfPoetry.jpg" alt="@creatr" style="border:0;" width="100;"> </a></center> --- <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@creatr/the-steemit-shelf-in-creatr-s-library"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmetDMTvexq18BJaytkaduMYgVKEk8ng9oqpDED4U4Dm56/Screen%20Shot%202018-02-03%20at%2012.27.15%20AM.png" alt="Table of Contents" style="border:0;" width="100;"></a> --- <center>***LOOK!*** Check out our amazing product:<a href="http://SILVERengines.com/steemit"> <img src= "https://steemitimages.com/DQmar2UPqN7hq5nXGCsPNATQHf5K41fE9G4fkTFoyP613hS/EveryFamily.jpg" alt="SILVERengines" style="border:0;" width="100;"> </a><H6>Introducing: The **SILVERengines** ***proton*** - Image by @creatr<BR>CONTACT US - Will Exchange for Steem</H6></center> --- <center>**Thanks for your time and attention.**<BR>**You** *are why I'm here on Steemit!<BR>I have very eclectic interests and hope, over time, to write about them all.*</center> --- <center><H4>⬇️To Check Out @creatr's World⬇️*CLICK* Each Image Below⬇️</H4></center> <table> <tr> <td> <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@creatr/my-periodic-personal-pantheon-of-steemit-authors"> <img src="http://i.giphy.com/XoJH6UZJ2OHh6.gif" alt="@creatr" style="border:0;" width="100;"> </a> </td> <td> <a href="https://steemit.com/a/@creatr/b"> <img src="http://i.giphy.com/1C5C9ln8wZVnO.gif" alt="@creatr" style="border:0;" width="100;"> </a> </td> <td> <a href="https://steemit.com/life/@creatr/my-steemit-tickler-file-spring-2018"> <img src="http://i.giphy.com/snDGMJ4zGt4S4.gif" alt="@creatr" style="border:0;" width="100;"> </a> </td> </tr> </table>
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We are so addicted to shopping. We are too in love with this world to see we leave it all behind when we leave this world. This life is not about us but the one who created us. Yes consumerism is a cancerous virus that keeps us from our full potential. Thanks @creatr.
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Thanks, Troy!
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Very true >"Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like." - Will Rogers
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I'm sorry to have missed this piece. Reply to this comment and I'll upvote (which isn't worth much more than if I were to upvote the old post, but at least it's something.) your comment. I really liked how you used the repetition and the extremes together. It was really kind of jarring to me as reader. Nice work, old friend.
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Hey there, Moe! What a lovely surprise to hear from you. How are you? Thanks for the kind words. I had a mental prototype for this, a poem I recalled from my misspent youth... I think it came out of Mad Magazine, of all places. Great to "see" you again.
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Nice to "see" you too. I have been away for a while. I tend to do that in life. I have also been mostly unable to write. So, I don't feel too motivated to get on here. I do pop in from time to time to check up on my old friends.
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