The Rotten Core of Convenience

Poem

This convenience is bad for my health

When I’ve got access to Netflix don’t wanna do nothing else

When Amazon delivers and Uber rides

My mental health dies and my consumerism thrives

My coffees instant and my dinners frozen fast

I get it all quickly but none of it lasts

Push a button on my phone and get it all quick

Is it a convenience or is it all a big trick?

Who’s the one winning when I’m losing faith

In every institution, in the whole human race?

Do we really need more or can we do with less

Conflict, contradiction, worrying and stress?

What’s really the problem when so many folks are hungry

But we produce 10 times the food to feed the whole country

We’re fighting wars overseas yet we got people on the streets

Giving out billions but can't spare some change to eat