the regulation of consumption

build the bridges
to bind us,
to find us
another
leader
of the sympathetic
mind
and gather the pieces
like pawns
in the fatality
of the game
and be shamed
by the trials
set forth
for value
and worth.
if ignorance
is bliss,
then wealth
is the catalyst
by which we shall
all be burned.
through it all,
we have never learned
from our mistakes
and we continue to take
any and everything-
for our wants
are at stake.
and what we have
isn't nearly as great
as what we take
when all that we
possess
is valued to be
less
than what we want
in the future.
give us new toys
to destroy
the fabric
of the value of life
so we may continue
in strife
at any cost
for all the products
before they are lost
and out of date
because we hate
to lose out
on perfectly good
junk.