Selected Popularity

It relates to one's taste.
A selected popularity,
Along with a marketing that takes place.

Quick fads and that which has potential to last,
Requires a quality that time gives it.
And how it fits in one's environment.

One's perception of what is popular,
May evolve from a custom that has been updated.
And this becomes associated with time,
That eventually places a value to popularize.
And raises the price of the money spent.

A similar analogy can be applied to human beings.

It doesn't matter where an originality has been taken,
To forge or plagiarize with precise manipulation.
What matters is its presentation.
And who is accustomed to being fed,
On a series of reproductive mediocrity delivered.
With attempts to disguise,
A copying done from masters of their crafts.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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