modern lifestyle
ripped jeans bare bum
stereo headphones
crowning the head
sound immersion
above covering the base
channels of influencers
spreading their truth
any city street
full of bent necks
bodies hunched
eyes on the screen
breathing restricted
to a pause in speech
airtime of more value
than air itself
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light fabric
airy flow
supporting
just a little
too low
encouraging
staring looks
peeking into
all the hidden
nooks
low set pants
revealing
the crack
at the front
potato sack
confidence
oozing from
every cavity
definition of
gravity
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vibrant energetic sleek
terms that fade with age
grumpy tired slow
now fills the page
all is jolly good
until we reach fifty
money come and go
time to be more thrifty
with growing years
celebrate the wins
having all the teeth
share with wider grins
browsing the net
neon sign with a plug
appears on the screen
buy this magic drug
better still the next one
giving us a poke
what service to have
when we croak
running out of time
before all the money
after years of hard work
could seem almost funny
note for our current self
don’t wait for better days
time to cherish here and now
there are no new yesterdays
glass ceiling
shattered into
tiny shards
They walked
in to this era
boldly
earlier led by
Him — while She
stood behind
unheard
misunderstood
silently choking
suddenly
change of colors
a rainbow
books rewritten
history became
Their-story
Her place
forgotten
His forsaken
unified
turned into
Theirs
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