Terry D. Sutherland

AFFLUENCE

Sounds in an ageless echo
Follow lives in an affluent spin
Born in an age of Art Deco
In a house with a roof of tin

Songs of the fifty’s gyration
And the safety of a dollar’s thirst
Built an undefeatable station
From bubble gum to liverwurst

Gentle people and poets help themselves
To the best there is to have
While keepers struggle to stock the shelves
From produce to a soothing salve

Whittlers carve the willow stick
To help amble the older set
When strolling aimless along the creek
Meeting others they never met

Life goes on from day to day
And from year to joyous year
As long as there is ample pay
The prognosis is crystal clear