Thursday, March 14, 2013

Relaxing With The Rich and Famous


Recognize media stars at a tabloid glance and be drawn to their empty buzz like some mindless moth
Chat endlessly about their spoiled ex-wives, movie roles, diets and cosmetic surgeries - as you decay
Keep taking for granted the guys that show up for nothing in the middle of the night - at auto wrecks
Dont bother to notice as your tons of chemically-tainted, disease-ridden garbage is safely removed

Accept that anemically-brave closet CEOS deserve Mega$ even though accountants cant measure why
Unthinkingly assume plastic surgeons contribute more to society than lowly wastewater engineers
Squander your limited attention on illiterate and amoral entertainers spouting misogyny and violence
Ignore those who thought they went to defend your freedom, now lost to drugs, alcohol and abuse

Pay so much attention to steroided sports heroes that they actually believe in their false grandeur
Never give a thought to those who keep the electricity, natural gas and water at your lame fingertips
Trust that a 19-stall garage filled with sports cars is undeniably one apex of man’s achievement
Forget about losers who just show up every day, doing the right thing, just to keep our wheels on

For it’s obvious that luxury yachts and multiple, empty 2nd homes really are among our ultimate goals
Sponsoring NASCAR, a derby pony or a racing boat remain among the very highest of human pursuits
Hey, don’t let your babies grow up to be social workers, teachers or community health advocates
Fatuously covet the faux-renaissance WalMart size mansions with which they express their true selves

Just keep wasting your precious time on their latest clothes, new hairstyles and plunging necklines
Covet their endless cosmetic procedures, personal trainers and 24 hr security as true fulfillment
Spend hours ogling the exhibitionist outfits at their vapid, staged, narcissistic Hollywood events
Kick back in ignorant obesity on that dirty couch and gossip about them - On a first name basis

Remain blind to those who arrive so quickly to care for the disgustingly sick and the horribly injured
Keep on thinking cooks, gardeners, maids and chauffeurs bring true meaning to human existence
Remain quite sure that expensive jewelry is high on your list of this life’s greatest enrichments
Admire their simple habits, waited on hand and foot and cocooned from all distressing realities

Absolutely believe they gain great wisdom within the total isolation of their utter self-absorption
Closely follow their psychopathic behavior and actually worship it as the zenith of man’s attainment
Believe that the CEO’s blindingly sociopathic greed is really a healthy and patriotic entrepreneurship
Pity their brave and lonely struggle to avoid, yet encourage the constant pressure of prying cameras

Hang on their every word and endlessly spout their canned media pronouncements to each other
Really feel their pain for having to substitute drugs, food and alcohol for any real life experiences
Grant their neurotic existence meaning with a rapt attention that merely drains your own short time
Trust that spotless private jets and securely-gated compounds further their capitalist enlightenment

Remain fully convinced that being waited on hand and foot lifts the human spirit to its highest level
And don’t forget that Lotto ticket when you pick up your next 44 oz BigGulp and giant bag of Doritos
Dream that you too enjoy their lifestyle as you drown in pathetic negative savings rate consumerism
Wisely know money aint everything - cause they said so – even as you watch them spending yours

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