After possessing most luxuries in life,
now when I come to think of it
is nothing but a paid nuisance.
If you don’t believe me read on

The phone,
which tracks me down
even during my vacation time

The laptop,
the concept of work hours
now exists no more

The car, the house,
chained me in loan and mortgages,
making me to work some more

And the life which was in blithe,
carefree like a bird
not too long ago,
has become the most desirable possession in life.

The irony remains
we work even harder
so that we can buy
that long lost life
in old age
when there will be no life
left in this so called ostensible life

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