your money––
or your life?
some love money––
all love life
how easy it is
to sacrifice the lives
of others––
to protect what
you have &
grab more
the princess feels
the pea under many
mattresses––
protected in her
gated palace
let the plague
kill the poor
& rampage the old––
we have schlock
to sell & want
your money
to grease our personal
gears
a healthy economics
weathers good times
& bad times
for all
amerika
can’t pause
for a second
from choking
on its short-term
greed
the earth
is an economic system
that abides over
millennia––
consumption capitalism
never rests––
bleeding on a razor’s
edge of scarcity––
gasping in need
politics is a
for-profit war
with the people as
fodder
the President
urges amerikans
to risk & sacrifice
their lives
for His
Economy
that is drowning
their families
& suffocating
their dreams
our oil-burning
catastrophe
is no longer
a civilization
a plague is
in its way
a wise teacher––
humans were created
to choose––
your money––
or your life?