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NOW WE ARE AN ECONOMIC COLLECTIVE

 

Now we are an economic collective

So say the arbiters

Or so says the media

And who else could we hear

Except the be-knighted saints

Who read verbal cues

And expostulate on virtue

Regardless of personal knowledge

Devoid of context

As if a BBC voiceover

Intoning patience and acceptance

Of whatever vile disorder

Or monstrous mayhem

Is the subject of the current V.P. of Programming

Recently minted after Ivy

Matriculated on Wall Street

Prospered in D.C.

Lobbied for mercy for Nuns

Curried favor in tipsy salons

Murky with detail

Somber with a personal tale

Humorous without being obvious

And devious oh boy, devious

            Until the sun burst

            And candy flowed

            From the mouth of Jesus

            To the ear of the war lord

            Merciless, his response

            Inevitable was his logic

            Immutable is the law

            And what you give you absorb

Beyond that, all is speculative            

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