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shopping souls
by Mary Frances Spencerlost in this
marketplace
stacks and racks
shipped from
third world
outsources
gleam behind glassy eyes
dreams on sale
today only
i wander vast aisles
ceiling to floor
more is less
but nowhere to put it all
just mindless accumulation
to clutter and fill
we check out
the unsatisfied
full carts
with
empty souls
03/06/2008 Author's Note: Still on the Walmart thread here. MFS
Posted on 03/07/2008
Copyright © 2025 Mary Frances Spencer
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 03/08/08 at 03:43 PM To me this nicely touches on the inability of material things to make us truly happy. And in this the word combo "empty souls" aptly closes the poem. |
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