A new catch phrase has become prominent ...

It tickles the mind - changing temperament

To do with "suiting your sophisticated lifestyle"

A phrase that reverberates for miles and miles



It's easy to swallow, and invokes a sense of pride

Which so many of us need - way deep down inside

For we often become slaves to certain patterns ...

And many of these keep us sliding on a track some



Never fully appreciating our very own accomplishments

Many of which help make that picture an establishment

For the goals we can attain reflect a certain good taste ...

At least - some have that (those of us who do not waste)



And it's not always so easy to see this at the first glance

Particularly, if something untoward makes you look askance

And then - you miss the cream which does not rise to the top ...

As the flavor you tasted blocked your view, so you just stopped



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

9:20am Monday, August 24th, 1998