Here’s an idea
On which you can trip
Right under your nose is
Obscure as your lip
How do we open
Our eyes to the obvious
What will it take
To shake those oblivious
We vote against interest
In Congress — for President
This nationalist fervor
Almost — without precedent
Our economists met
To give counsel last week
This recovery’s false
Not subject to tweak
Systemic abuses put
Economy in the red
Without new employment
World-wide — we are dead
Labor’s the determinant
The value creator
Without people working
The whole thing’s a failure
And then there is housing
Banks in for slaughter
One quarter of mortgages
Clearly under water
It’s time to be honest
About our descent
The wealth’s been transferred
To richest one percent
Return the wealth
Take us out of this trance
Purchasing power
We need to enhance
Mr. Lindquist, who creates his unique brand of what he calls prosetry in Santa Monica, may be contacted at b490403@yahoo.com
