It is Pressure upon Pressure

It is November 2015,
I am struggling to meet
the deadlines of December 2015,
But they are already telling me
To think of October 2018
And a very long list
Of things I don't profoundly need
Hopelessly waits on the table

I must have a better laptop,
Then the latest phone,
Then the best toothpaste -
I must buy new shoes,
And eat more fruits,
And do more exercise -
I must socialise,
But I must also study
While paying rent, phone bills
and internet bills and transport bills
and friendship bills and education bills;
I must do this, and that, and that other

It is pressure upon pressure,
The weight of the head,
My shoulders can no longer bear.
The obligations of today
Are not yet met
When already at the door
Comes knocking a new deadline or a new bill;
It is an accumulation of pressure
And there is hardly any cooling off period