More and More and More

As an adolescent, I begged my father for 

a beautiful gold coat without a collar

Winters in Saskatchewan not

a good pairing for such a coat

but, like any “good” father, 

he bent to my pleas. I wonder ~

What would have been sacrificed?

Today, as an adult, I didn’t have to beg

I became my own parent, deciding

What money would I spend on myself?

Did I want the best backpack for

my slight frame and sturdy shoulders?

Will it hold my book, my pens and lunch

colour only the last part of my decision,

but very important to my creative side.

In the 1950’s the Eaton’s store 

had a limited selection of goods.

Today, over 60 years later, in a 

cavernous store only one of many

In a Mall with rows and rows of 

clothes, shoes, backpacks, gadgets

and more and more and more….

Childhood pleas continue

Parents keep bending to pleas

Despite budgets and cost

Choices are more and more and more

Eaton’s and Sears are distant memories

The fun and expectations of catalogues 

morphed to online shopping so we can have the more.

“As long as you think more is better, you’ll never be satisfied.”

~ Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff