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Heavenly Messengers, Part 2: The Global View
Spring 2009   Vol. 25 #2
Spring 2009   Vol. 25 #2

Poems/Not Poems

ENOUGH

By Kevin Griffin, Wes Nisker

 
 

(Sung to the bass line of “The Beat Goes On” by Sonny and Cher.)


 

Enough, enough, we got enough stuff (repeat four times)

 

I got a SUV, DVD, HDTV

Laptop, hip-hop, diamond-studded flip-flops

Prozac, Xanax, no-carb candy snacks

My cell phone ringtone’s a symphony by Beethoven

 

Enough, enough, we got enough stuff (repeat four times)

 

Video, stereo, vacation in Guantánamo

Microwave, electric shave, a thousand ways to help me save

Internet, virtual pets, a ninety-inch TV set

Credit card, bodyguard, a hundred-acre backyard

 

Enough, enough, we got enough stuff (repeat four times)

 

WE GOT ENOUGH

To sink a ship

WE GOT ENOUGH

To make your backbone slip

WE GOT ENOUGH

Don’t need anymore

WE GOT ENOUGH

We bought the whole store

 

Xbox, punk rocks, refrigerator that talks

iPod, hot rod, summer house on Cape Cod

Pokémon, Spiderman, drugs that make me Superman

Hot tub, back rub, pet Tibetan tiger cub

 

Enough, enough, we got enough stuff (repeat four times)

 

 

∞

 

 

From the Spring 2009 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 25, No. 2)
© 2009 Kevin Griffin & Wes Nisker

Topics

Consumerism, Consumption, Humor, Materialism, Music


Author

Kevin Griffin is a musician, meditation teacher and author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps (Rondale Books, 2004) and A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery (Hay House, 2010). He is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and a cofounder of the Buddhist Recovery Network. He teaches workshops and retreats internationally. 

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an author, radio commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher and performer. His books include the national bestseller Essential Crazy Wisdom (Ten Speed Press, 2001). His CDs, DVDs, books and teaching schedule are available at www.wesnisker.com, where he also continues to publish blog posts. Nisker cofounded Inquiring Mind in 1984. 

Author

Kevin Griffin is a musician, meditation teacher and author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps (Rondale Books, 2004) and A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery (Hay House, 2010). He is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and a cofounder of the Buddhist Recovery Network. He teaches workshops and retreats internationally. 

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is an author, radio commentator, Buddhist meditation teacher and performer. His books include the national bestseller Essential Crazy Wisdom (Ten Speed Press, 2001). His CDs, DVDs, books and teaching schedule are available at www.wesnisker.com, where he also continues to publish blog posts. Nisker cofounded Inquiring Mind in 1984. 

 
 
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