Ode of an
Overdeveloped World
Seeking to satisfy desires
We drown in their fulfillment
Designed to struggle to sustain
We struggle to resist the surfeit
Too much, too easy, we are fat and drunk
Satiation now the starting point
Deprivation the goal
Happiness lies in hunger
Misery in fulfillment
Denying desires is now required
Contradicting their purpose needful
Wanting better, easier
We’ve over-struck the mark
Deprivation become survival
In an overdeveloped world