Bee in your bonnet sonnet

sorenbarrett

A world of illusion where you're told it's your delusion
We eat fake food, swallow false news, wear wig extensions
Implants, Botox, compression sox, gender confusion
CGI, AI, internet friends, video conventions 

Money on cards, bitcoin, artificial sweetener, foster mother
Fiberglass rocks, imitation wood, everything is plastic
Everything's throw away, relationships the same way as any other
Knock off cloths, counterfeit fingernails, forged teeth, denial is iconoclastic

Disposable cups, fake fire on false hearths erupts, a window on a screen
Fabricated histories, redacted mysteries, false leather shoes
Synthetic sound, internet sex, fake orgasms abound, holograms to be seen
Warrantee excludes, drug induced moods, no more fix your own with glues

A throw away wife, no worry, no strife, love's not real anyway
Order another from a mail order mother, delivered the very next day

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  • orchidee

    Good write SB. I must order another wife. Hope they don't send me someone worse than KP. lol.

    • sorenbarrett

      Thanks Orchi let me warn you about that there are no warrantees on returned wives. Appreciate the read.

      • orchidee

        Argh! lol. So you know botox too (line 3). lol.

      • David Wakeling

        This is brillant.It sums up the despair that is felt with the way the modern world is. I was more of a throw away husband but the feeling is the same.Well written

        • sorenbarrett

          Thank you David for the read and comment as always it is most appreciated

        • Friendship

          Your poem paints vivid pictures of modern life and its artificial elements, allowing readers to visualize the stark contrasts between authenticity and imitation.

          • sorenbarrett

            Thank you so much for the read and for you view and interpretation. It is most appreciated

          • Salvia.S

            Amazing insight into modern society. Brilliantly written!

            • sorenbarrett

              Thank you Salvia for your review and kind words of support they are most appreciated

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              This, Soren, gets a fave for so many different reasons, starting with the rhyming title! LOL! Love it. Seriously though, if a poem could encapsulate today's issues, bury them up and come back to them later in time, this would be a PERFECT time capsule of where we are right now. What more can be said other than well done! Oh...yes...Bravo! 🌹🌹👏👏

              • sorenbarrett

                Thanks Tristan you read and kind comment is most appreciated. This world is not the one I grew up in as a child plastic had just started to be a thing. My trains cars and even little men were metal, our floors were wood and house walls brick. Everything has changed. Thank you for the support.

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  It sure has. The same was true I was a kid (less so, I am sure, but true), toys were wooden and metal. By that point plastic was also in the mix...but not as widespread as today. Not anymore. You are most welcome, Soren!

                • Poetic Licence

                  When you write it like that, you realise how much of the modern is fake, entertaining and enjoyable read

                  • sorenbarrett

                    Thank you so much my friend for the read and supportive comment it is deeply valued

                    • Poetic Licence

                      You are very welcome

                    • Jerry Reynolds

                      A good write, SB.
                      No thanks, One mother and one wife
                      I have found it to be enough.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        Thanks Jerry yes more than enough much of the time. Appreciate the read and kind words of support

                      • Teddy.15

                        Dearest Sorrenbarret, you have hit so many of the sore points in which I dislike about our world, who would have ever thought these things up 30 years ago? I'm glad I was born in the 70's I have seen a lot of wonderful things but also a lot I wish I hadn't. 🌹 Brilliant ❤️ some days I would definitely return my husband lol 🤣

                        • sorenbarrett

                          Thank you so much Teddy your comments are always so welcome. Born over 20 years before you I have seen plastic come in where it was not hardly around in my early childhood. The whole world seems plastic these days. I deeply appreciate your visits. Have a great day.

                        • arqios

                          So commenced the crises of the no-longer-existent🙏🏻🕊

                          • sorenbarrett

                            With increased tariffs on steel and aluminum, limits on cutting trees there will be nothing but plastic made from increased oil production. Thanks for the read and comment Cryptic.

                            • arqios

                              I guess this may tip us over into global armed conflict but I wasn’t paying enough attention in history classes to the prewar build ups 🙏🏻🕊

                            • Mutley Ravishes

                              What a mess! Is planet Earth a dumping ground for all the basket cases of the Universe?! Wait a minute, I'm here too!!

                              • sorenbarrett

                                Thanks so much for the read and comment it is as always most appreciated. Don't get me started on the mess issue. Have a great day

                              • Goldfinch60

                                Such true words soren but luckily I think outside the box and have reality in my life.

                                Andy

                                • sorenbarrett

                                  Thanks so much Andy for the read and kind words always appreciated

                                • Tom Dylan

                                  This really packed a punch. Modern life in a nutshell. A fine, thought-provoking piece.

                                  • sorenbarrett

                                    Thanks so much Tom I appreciate the read and most kind words of support.

                                  • Gregstarandgoff

                                    This is MY kind or poem!

                                    • sorenbarrett

                                      Thank you so much for the read and support it is most appreciated

                                    • GenXer Shamrocker ☘️

                                      Powerful! Truthful! A well done write!

                                      • sorenbarrett

                                        Thank you very much Shamrocker your words of encouragement are always most appreciated.

                                      • RSM0812

                                        This is one of my most favorite of your works. Amazing.

                                        • sorenbarrett

                                          Thank you so much for your most kind response to this piece it is appreciated as always

                                        • enigma747

                                          Good shit man. Keep it upp

                                          • sorenbarrett

                                            Thank you so much for the read and most kind words they are appreciated



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