Good taste

Is born out of refinement;

Out of a refusal

To vulgarize life and

To appropriate it for pleasure.

 

We live confused lives

Scripted by our fickle ignorance

Our beliefs are misguided

Our values, misplaced

Our philosophy, arrogant.

 

We buy to own

We earn money to buy

We work to earn money

In this organization of our time

Much is lost.

 

What if you reminded yourself

Life is a gift to be valued

Not a pseudo poverty

Needing pseudo alleviation.

All vulgarity would be transformed…

 

What could entice man

If he cares not for money

And has not mortgaged his time?

And has understood that

To love is his essential responsibility.

 

To simply be is humility

To be engaged, but not tied

To be essential

Not excessive…

Good taste is good judgment.