Materialism

What is materialism?
Affluence and lavishness,
Extravagance and pomposity,
Hoarding and possessiveness,
Or miserliness or being a spendthrift?
No,
Swindling to spend,
Smuggling to spend
and wasting the abundance.
Can’t you avoid materialism?
18.07.2001, Pkd

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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