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Material Girl

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished 4 months ago 1 min read
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Material Girl
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Material girl

So caught up in the world

Your life and outlook make me hurl

Self-indulgent

Caring for no one else

Just a little material girl

Your title belongs to no one in particular

Men and women equally can be a material girl

They’re all the same

Unfettered, unbothered by others’ woes

They just pose and post

With their new shoes and clothes

A self-righteous sense of how others should look

Yet, when’s the last time they read a book

Explored anything outside their internal, infernal universe

Oh, what a curse

To be enraptured by your own reflection

A life without direction

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Atomic Historian

Heavily irradiated historian developing my writing career. You can follow me on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. To help me create more content, leave a tip or become a pledged subscriber. I also make stickers, t-shirts, etc here.

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  • Cathy holmes4 months ago

    This is great. So well said.

  • Grz Colm4 months ago

    Excellent pacing and message Atomic! 😃 Good job.

  • Oh, to be thoroughly disabused of the desire for anything selfish & thoroughly immersed in desire to reach out to others, to love & care for one another as we are meant.

  • Manisha Dhalani4 months ago

    Oh, that last line!

  • Kendall Defoe 4 months ago

    Madonna, call your office... ;)

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