In this dizzying, consumer-driven world
where we are what we buy
we are no longer concerned about what we create,
what we produce – our being, our doing, our making
life is a mall alley and we are challenged
to put as much as we can in our shopping carts
so, like DeNiro in the Mission, we drag our purchases along
through each phase of life… and in the end, to have it sorted
by an auctioneer or a Salvation Army volunteer –
and, the legacy we had hoped for
becomes, simply, a legacy we must accept – not of our making,
and reflecting nothing of our soul
hinging on a decent Sally Ann cheque for deposit into our Estate
– Chris George
2004
