Extravagant purchases
Trying to drown a sorrow
That always resurfaces
So much and so many
Shiny, flashy things
A glutton in the land of plenty
Doesn't see the envy it brings
When friends are shown excesses
Upon stopping by for a visit
And those few it impresses
Gaze with thoughts illicit
Everyone admires
A man who builds himself a life
Provides all his family requires
Takes care of his children and his wife
He is one who understands
What he owns does not own him
He's earned his leisure with his own two hands
But that man
Who measures his worth
In material goods
Will never know the joy
Of having
Genuine friends
He will always feel less than
The lowest lowly on Earth
Confused about methods
That don't require a ploy
Or conniving
That never ends
He will only know abscence
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