Today...
Joy and laughter
Does no appear
To stay plastered or smeared,
On cheering faces too long!

Financial burdens for them bring tears!
And materialistic values,
Has bruised them severely...
In an unhealthy atmosphere,
Troubling and feared!

'Oh Dear! '

Daylight has been clouded.
No Sun invited comes near!
Disciples of quick fixes split...
As accountability replaced takes a shift,
With another relationship cleared...
Is welcomed and appears!

'Karl...
Will you please pass the mayo?
And release your grip,
On the bar-b-que sauce...
Wanted by the others,
Chewing on corn cobs buttered.
And sitting with dripping lips...
As they suck and lick,
On one another's fingertips! '

Lawrence S. Pertillar

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/disciples-of-quick-fixes/