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Affluenza
by Nicole Henares
Closing time puts us
  online.
Meanwhile, the red bricks of Market Street
  have teeth and a big tongue,
a drooling fever of price tags
   You Want This:
Jelly pink cell phones
and cigarette lighter ipods
will tame your beast,
make you feel better,
make you feel pretty.
Delicate denim will compress
          your longing.

Never mind the sirens
or the homeless
wanting a quarter
for the dollar menu.

Practice bi-polar buddhism
drop shop and pray
for the best bargain
even if there's nothing
you want,
you might need it someday.
Sept. 2006
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