Do not wait until it explodes
Find something for us to do
And make it all worth our while
No exploitation needs apply
We're all distressed, we're all fed up
There is no way out
We cannot survive in any meaningful way
We can't find a damn job
Whilst it is obvious
We are all in desperate need
Of just about everything
There is under this Earth
There should be plenty of jobs at this time of need
Simple, our priorities are just misplaced
Capitalist planning
Only do something if one can make a dollar
And certainly don't do anything
If one cannot make at least a billion dollars
Who cares if there are no jobs?
Who cares if everyone is starving?
Who cares if no one can pay their bills?
Who cares if we're all losing our home?
Certainly not the government
Certainly not the corporate world
Finding a quick way out of this world
Come back in 10 years
If you're still alive
The economy might have picked up by then
There will be more
Marketing and Sales jobs then
Selling useless services and products no one wants
To a world who no longer understands
The most essential needs
Of a whole world
The primary needs of a nation
And how to go about providing for it
Whilst all the resources required are at hand
After all
No one is doing anything these days
And there are plenty of resources to go around
A virtual recession cannot and should never alter these facts
There's plenty to go around
You can eat and survive this very day
Simple
Our priorities are just misplaced
Our ways of going about things
Are misguided
So simple!
Well!
There are billions of dollars to be made
At a time of recession
We're all desperate
We're all in need of something
We are all ready to produce what this world needs!
So what are you waiting for?
Somehow I'm sure we can pay for it
As long as we can earn something
To pay for it
Or did you forget about that?
You've got to develop a broader view man!
Of the capital markets
Help it and it will help you
Forget about it and you are dead
Forget about it
And a whole world's economy
Comes to a full stop
Never mind any consequence
Capitalist planning
Only do something if one can make a dollar
And certainly don't do anything
If one cannot make at least a billion dollars
I'm afraid
Such a way of thinking
Such capitalist way of planning
Can only bring this world
To an early grave
This is the end of humanity
Unless somehow
We can change our whole way of thinking
Our whole way of going about business
So what is it going to be?
I am ready to die
I am ready for the end of the world
Are you?
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"Without irony, this life would hardly be worth living."
Roland Michel Tremblay, Poet for Human Rights
http://poetsforhumanrights.ning.com/profile/RolandMichelTremblay
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