Influencer

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You pose and pout,

Seduction by superficial sauciness.

You tell me of your day

With that simpering voice,

Raising each last word

Long and loud.

 

You show me your flash cars,

Your sumptuous wardrobe

And who knows what else?

 

You and your kin call yourselves “Influencers” –

A great word,

But all you do is make people:

People who have grafted long and hard

For a little spare cash,

Go buy things they

Do not really need.

 

Right Said Fred was Right:

The global catwalk

Is a sham.

 

I too would love to be an “Influencer”,

Such a fine word,

But I would be one to encourage folk

To Love others,

Stop all this Conflict

Between polar opposites and extremes,

Fight only for the Common Good,

And make the world a better place

For All.

 

Paul Butters

 

© PB 15\1\2021.