working for the shareholders

rich & pasty-faced, the
   shareholders want
      more
       & they don’t
      care how they get
it.

they’re unconcerned with
   your family or any
      family

   they’re not troubled by
      questions of war or
       peace, the welfare of

   global economies or the
      air we
breathe.

after all, aren’t they
   risking their
      money?

   what could be
      more
awesome?

they never personally
   demand austerity,
      they have suited

   thugs to do
      that. & starving

   people are merely
      poor investments
       suffering from
inefficiencies.      ¶
they like it when
   the big swallow the
      small,

   applaud the lay
      offs of the young
       & the (smallest)
      retirement packages
   for the
old.

for now, they’re
   banking on the
      short
   term.

   if your country
      chokes on it
       they’ll take their
   money else
      where.

   at least until
      it becomes a
       bloody
bargain.