"They call us the “MeMeMe” generation(like we invented narcissism).Critics inform me that I amself..."

“They call us the “MeMeMe” generation

(like we invented narcissism).

Critics inform me that I am

self obsessed, passive, and impatient–

eaten up by consumerism

as much as I am defined by it.

They call me dead from the neck up,

disillusioned of the beauties I,

apparently,

take for granted.

But I have never felt so much alive,

and the world could not look more beautiful

than I am trying to make it.

So if it’s selfish for me to want more for myself

than the legacy of poverty and depression–

of social unrest–

my parents left for me,

then hang me up for the world to see,

give me my tar and my feathers.

Give me my crown,

and call me Greed.”

- Thoughts On Millennials, by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)