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It sits out in your driveway a glittering metallic sculpture. It costs more than your house, you love it more than your spouse. You can hardly drive it, it’s too high, you can barely park it, it’s so wide. Like an exotic compulsion, you need it, though you can barely afford to feed it. There’s a cockpit with winking tech, offering a printer, wi-fi and refrigeration. It can pull a house off its foundation. Is there a tendentious ecological statement, in this prestigious resource you need for work is the fact that it’s tax deductible just a perk? With this polished and pampered machine, you get the rewards of effective parenting, as it literally reflects the care that it’s given. It’s a spaceship ready for expedition, what else in creation is as elysian, as your gigantic pickup truck. . . songs for this: Dreamin’ by G. Love and Special Sauce Driving by Everything but the Girl Little Deuce Coupe by Andrew Gold

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Date: 4/29/2024 6:51:00 AM
Dear Anais, What a wonderful sharp commentary on society's obsession with material possessions, particularly the allure of luxury vehicles. You eloquently expose the contradictions and absurdities inherent in our prioritization of status symbols over practicality and sustainability. I loved how your words provoke reflection on the more profound implications of consumer culture and the values we uphold. Very thought-provoking exploration of modern extravagance and its ecological and social ramifications. - Blessings, Daniel
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Date: 4/30/2024 8:03:00 PM
Your reviews always cheer me up. You're like a magic mirror that I always look good in. Sometimes your reviews are better than my poems ?? Thanks, DHR.

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