This is the new age
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Leave the cart there
Somebody else will get it
Stand in the middle of the aisle
I got nowhere else to be
Pitch that trash out your car window
The world is your garbage can
Throw out what you didn't sell
No one else can use it
Break what isn't yours
Who cares, it feels good right?
Watch your neighbor struggle
You don't have time to help
Ride my ass going way over the mph
Doesn't matter if we get there safely
Take up all the time you need at the counter
Your time is more valuable than mine
Don't bother to say 'please' and 'thank you'
Manners are overrated
Share that meme
And pass along ideas that aren't yours
Steal my money, my identity
I should protect my stuff better anyway
Plagiarize all those words and ideas
It's too hard to be original
Just leave your morals at the door
This is the new age
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Comments (43)
Wow! I felt this in my bones! Exceptional poetry! Congratulations on Top Story!
Congrats on TS🥳
This feels depressingly real 😣
I like your story very much
So much of this out there—so many only looking out for themselves and not at all thinking about the collective effect of their behavior. Such a great piece, Heather, and your image is amazing!!!
YaY for Top Story! People are just throwing in the towel when it comes to decency in daily society; this kind of stuff really gets under my skin.
This is sadly very true. Excellent work, Heather! Congratulations on a well-deserved Top Story!
This hits on so many familiar notes! Plenty of relatable feelings for the readers I'm sure, and the message is loud and clear. "The world is your garbage can"- so true.
Yessssss!!!!!!
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new age thank you for sharing
So sad and true!!! Nailed it.
Congratulations on top story, Heather! 🥳 👏
Back with congratulations on the TS Heather!
Congratulations on the Top Story! Excellent first person narrative. I can only imagine how long it took to get your tongue back out of your cheek. ;)
Arghhh so true!! Great way to tell it all in a poem - and congrats on T.S.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
All too timely... Top Story? Of course... 🏅
Congrats on Top Story, diez.
It’s a damn shame that children aren’t being taught at home or school how to act in public. Parenting is the most important and difficult and demanding profession. Step back and think about it. Too many babies raising babies. It won’t get any better as long as legal abortion is being limited by red states and the religious right. People need to put their money where their mouth is and get out there and vote 🗳️. People in poorer communities need to educate themselves about the issues that concern them and vote accordingly. No more red wave! More like red surrender! Vote according to what a candidate has already accomplished not the empty promises of the Orange haired man who legitimately lost the election yet continues to throw rhetoric around cause chaos and division. Wake up and smell the coffee ☕️. Maga is a cult trying to brainwash people into thinking how bad they have it now. You all have no clue how much worse it will be for women, children and the poor and vulnerable if DJT were to win the election in November. Open your eyes and educate yourself. You will see beyond the b.s. being spread around on social media and Fox News and the likes of them. Voting 🗳️ in a dictator like DJT will be the end of our democracy. Teach your children well! Peace ☮️
Blunt and rapid-fire of a social construct we all are apart of, def things should change
Amazing job! Keep up the outstanding work—congrats!
I shook my head sadly all the way through this, because it's so true. You really hit lot of nails on the head with this one, lil' sis! Congratulations!
I love the elegant sparseness of the language and the blunt delivery. Social commentary indeed. Very nicely done.
Nailed social commentary!!! 💕♥️♥️ Congratulations on Top Story!!!