The Premium Life

earphones on, the volume warning buzzing,

playlist shuffles from one to the other,

the carefully curated one to daydream to-

here comes the 10-second ad,

okay, not buying this one,

shifting to the apps,

as scrollin through them reels and internet articles,

hounded by seasonal discount ads and sales all around,

damn, there's so much I can buy, hmm,

a 20-second ad on how ads are an interruption,

what a paradox

you smile away,

your articles are no longer on your screen,

on Amazon? what are you doing on Amazon?

no worries, it's the Black Friday sale,

do I buy the things I don't really need yet?

but wait, I will eventually need them, right?

silly, knowing I won't really know if I'm around then,

hmm,

oh, I love this song - so well-made I could cry,

the traffic is so bad, my head hurts,

another 30-second ad,

wait, wasn't it supposed to be a 30-minute interruption-free music spree?

hmm, 30 minutes already,

ooh, Zepto cash in my wallet,

need to get those chips now, discounts all around,

Christmas is so awfully early,

or is it really?

you should really get the premium, you know - can't even rewind to my favorite part,

they could bamboozle my guy Marx, to be honest,

will never pay,

never getting the ad-free

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version, I'll skip it,

I'll skip it,

I'll skip it,

until I cannot anymore,

oh, what's this? 3 tops for 999,

so, so fine,

free delivery charge,

what a steal! what a steal! another 40-second ad,

awfully long ad for a dating app that will never work,

pay 299 for premium features,

do they craft better humans for 299? awfully cheap,

59 for unlimited listening,

199 for movies, except the one you want to watch,

that you can always rent - how very convenient,

499 for premium study material,

another 199 for storage space,

refresh your wardrobe,

while something inside steadily rots,

here, let me add this to my wishlist,

it's so claustrophobic inside, you wouldn't believe how many shopping carts you see,

roll them all over the parking lot,

no exit,

filled and empty,

one scroll and you're suddenly short of 3 new things and 2 more subscriptions by the next scroll,

you are what you eat? or rather, you are your credit score,

two for the price of one,

how long before our souls sell out too?

Black Friday sale,

forget about 9 out of 10 dentists,

welcome the 10 out of 10 - all of them trying to sell something,

199 and you live the premium life,

the premium life,

livin' the premium life,

all day, all night long.