A Consumptive's Guide

I see that things are changing; and plus that fact I'm told, everything That once we knew was a waste, of our time, and effort and soul. They chant about new freedom on TV, and the net; As young and old sadly Sleep out now in doorways wet; Students do diagnose by phone without degree. Self-expression is the Holy Grail Its every whim a goal: yet before We can desire of what it is we we need we must be told! It’s said our banks will all be shut; To ease everyday strife, a cut To queue’s, what's there to lose Its a blessed contemporary life. Kids are fatter, the banks are Richer only our fingers race, less Cash is more, we know the score Now there's adversity; in your face. Money value is way more less Than just two decades ago; $10,000 is like $4000 that’s the way things have been made to go! May be the new bank computers at $100,000 a pop Will boost the home economy, taking in movies, Eating in restaurants, as a swap? No joy or time to window shop our town diversity lies dead, Yet its ghost is preached of everywhere In true reality's stead. ©Joe Maverick 1-1-2018