Finding Fulfillment in Late Capitalist Society

By Richard A Cave

These thirteen poems take the reader on a cathartic journey through one man's life as he at first buys into the big machine, then escapes it with his spirit latent but intact. These latter years of Capitalism are indeed an interesting time to be alive, and when this part of the world will eventually veer to the far right in governance, I hesitate to guess. All I know is what I have learned in life: Change is the constant, it is inevitable, and it is ultimately uncontrollable, even when it is unwanted.

Turning inward to the personal world, these poems challenge the assumption that true happiness cannot be found in such perilous times. We can have calmness within, and be at peace with the world outside. Sex is part of this happiness, but in itself it is only a brief escape, so the love one must develop is broad, universal, and philanthropic. Mature reading.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard A Cave
• Release date: Nov 21, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463955840

Richard A Cave

I am Canadian explorer, adventurer and chronicler of the the big scenes and minutiae of people's lives. Living now in the wonderful city of Toronto, I expect to be publishing my first major work this year.

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Finding Fulfillment

in Late Capitalist Society

By Richard A Cave

Copyright © 2019 by Richard A Cave

Published at Smashwords by Richard A Cave

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Table of Contents

Part I The Old Life

Part II Life in Transition

Part III The New Life

Author's Afterword

Finding Fulfillment

in Late Capitalist Society

You have to embrace the truth that you died in order to be reborn.

Part I

The Old Life

An Orchid's Rare Bloom in a Gray Room

Tears of a child asking

Where's the love?

Ornaments make hollow promises of joy

Just shiny things in an