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Perhaps it is only my quirky
Desire to live as a monk
In simple clothing or perhaps
It is my being a man that
Makes me bristle at the fashion
Industry, that whole "worry
About what you wear or what
You shall put on" way of life.
I know these people need jobs.
I know it requires their bountiful
Creative talent. I realize even I
Love and desire beautiful things.
But here my inner Puritan rages
Forth like a lion. When we are
Foisting war, famine, and death
On so many nations in the world,
When we are shattered by returning
Images of stricken starving children,
Seared and bleeding bodies,
When we see our ruin of societies
We don't understand, can our
Hardened hearts afford to give
A single flying fig
For the lures of fashion?
c. J.S.Manista, 2017
