Have you realised <br />That the more <br />You go for <br />Social outings <br />The more you <br />Increase your <br />Monthly spendings <br />On costly outfits <br />Flamboyant recipes <br />Expensive gifts - <br />Just to impress <br />Each other <br />As per society's <br />Askings - <br />Or you get <br />Left out - <br />By the social strata. <br /> <br />Kitty parties <br />Hen parties <br />Stag parties <br />Bachelor parties <br />Couple parties… <br />The list of these <br />Events is endless. <br /> <br />If you <br />Want to keep <br />Climbing up <br />The social ladder <br />And keep maintaining <br />Your position <br />Up the ladder, <br />You can keep <br />Going to these <br />Social outings, <br />To impress <br />Each other, <br />And outdo <br />The other's <br />Cravings - <br />For the best attention, <br />Huge monthly <br />Expenses, no matter. <br /> <br />But I've <br />Taken myself <br />Out of this trap. <br /> <br />I've <br />Minimised <br />My social <br />Get-togethers <br />As I don't want <br />To be a part of this <br />Rat-race <br />Which makes me <br />Increase my <br />Daily expenses <br />And warrants my <br />Thought processes <br />To worry about <br />What to wear, <br />Why to wear, <br />How to wear, <br />What to give, <br />Why to give, <br />How to give <br />For society to <br />Tell me - yes, <br />This is the <br />Trendiest <br />Way to live! <br /> <br />Might as well <br />Focus on my poetry <br />As I've realised <br />That all these <br />Materialistic <br />Gimmicks - <br />Take me away <br />From my poetry <br />And I would <br />Rather <br />Think of <br />What to write <br />How to write <br />Why to write <br />Instead of <br />Brooding over <br />The what...s, <br />Why…s <br />And how…s <br />Of pleasing the <br />Whims and fancies <br />Of this pompous <br />Society.<br /><br />Aparna Chatterjee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/social-outings/
