Not Worth It

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A boost of dopamine
Bought through retail therapy
A moment of bliss that quickly fades
Searching for the next shiny new thing
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers
Drowning in cortisol
When the credit card bill arrives
No fighting or fleeing accrued debt
Lasting joy comes from connection
To others and ourselves
Leave that gadget on the shelf

W3 Prompt #190: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Sally, prompts us to: “Choose one phrase from [Wordsworth’s Sonnet ‘The World is Too Much With Us’] and steal it.” I have incorporated the line “[g]etting and spending, we lay waste our powers.”

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