we over purchase
in today’s
world
clutter our lives
with heat seeking
wants
that measure
of our materialism
promising fulfilment
wrapped seductively in
immediacy
and comfort
while tip-shops
and landfill
gluttonize
our self esteem
with used productry

purpose built

First published in the Effective Living Centre Anthology,
Poets Corner, "From Our Desks"
edited by Jude Aquilina, Louise Nicholas
and Russ Talbot October 2020