Strong economies
insist getting and spending
our bounden duty.
Steward the market;
avoid arid affluence;
release the surfeit.
Economies of scale:
harden your heart, thin, downsize
reduce them to tears.
Ruthless recessions
shatter our complacency;
remember grindstones.
Crackling credit crunch:
economic euphemism -
it's pauper's porridge.
Victorian crumbs
trickle down to poor workers;
Mill owners stay rich.
Are the upper set
grandly gracious and gentled
or impudent pigs?
Fiscal stimulus -
I say, that's a good idea -
better than a bribe.
Is your life empty?
Don't let the market invade -
that's so expensive.
Do the work you want
sans carrots or compulsion,
with enthusiasm.
SMILE, the problem's solved;
put your feet up and outsource.
Maids clear up the mess.
Whatever the cost
the best-laid tarmacadam
splits and separates.
