Adult Materialism

Adult Materialism

What is it
that cold
buttered toast
loses

that a berry
and banana
and peanut butter smoothy
makes better?

What comfort
Is lost
Or added
By the simple
Enlisting
Proximity
Of reaching
Fingers
That touch
Across the skin
Of the least
Likely
Moment?

What was
In that word
That catapulted
From calculation
To cutlery?

How did
Where we got to
Begin there
And end up
Here?

Why is why
Such an important
Concept
So late
In the evening?

What was
The point
Of grinding
This subject
To a stump?

Where can
We go
At the end
Of the road?

What do
We do
Now that
We've run out
Of coffee
And our sense
Of adventure?

How many
Emotional
Documentations
Make a set?

Purpose.
Product.
Abstraction.

I sit
by the fire
as the embers
slowly lose heat
in the wanning
memories
of sweetness.