Commercialism

COMMERCIALISM

Disconnect me. Unplug me. Tune me out. Cut me off. Shut me down. Dial me out. Erase me completely.

No commercials. No ads. No brainwashing. No spoon-feeding. No junk food. No strip malls, mega-plexes, or amusement parks.

God is dead. Politics is dead. Da Vinci, Picasso, Miro: dead.

I don’t want to dress the same as you.

I don’t want to shop in the same places as you.

I don’t want to drive the same car as you.

I don’t want to read the same books as you.

I don’t want to live in the same suburbia as you.

I don’t want to think the same thoughts as you.

I don’t want to listen to the same music as you.

I don’t want to worship the same celebrities as you.

I don’t want to watch the same television shows as you.

I don’t want to eat the same garbage as you.

My time in the house of mirrors is done.

My time feeding consumerism, commercialism, corporate America

is done.

Don’t count on me to be status quo.

Don’t count on me to lead or follow.

Copyright Oren Peleg 2009