Market Rules Us All

The market rules all
We are nothing but products 
The rights to us
Have long been sold

Bow down and worship 
The all mighty market 

Everything we do
Everything we see
Everything we are 
Nothing but our personal brand

Nothing human left over 
Nothing authentic left over 

Nothing but lies 
Fake news 
nonsense

The world does not care one whit
About you and me 
As people 

It is all about the profits that can be made
By exploiting our labor 

And once we are used up
We become a liability
And a burden

If you have not made it to the top
By age 55
You are a loser
And should be retired
Forced to live out your life
On your miserable pension

As you wait to die
No longer useful 
To the Masters of the Universe

And true love 
Nothing but an illusion

It is all about the sex, baby
And how getting your baby
Ahead at all costs 


Who cares about love
It is all nothing
But a second-hand emotion
As the song puts it 

Love is nothing but a sexual commodity
And we are all nothing but interchangeable
Commodities in the marriage and love market

And ***** values rule the bedroom
As we are nothing more than used body parts 

Who cares about friendship
It is all about how they can use you
And you can use them
To get ahead 
 
True Love and genuine connections 
Cannot survive 
In this toxic soup
Of the modern materialist world 

God and spirituality 
Nothing but a scam 
As our so call Christian Leaders

Proclaim their love for you
All they love is your donations
And they too are part of the market

Jesus if he ever comes back
Will no doubt 
Be used to sell more goods

As the right to Jesus 
Has also been sold
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Hoffman Avatar
February 3, 2018 at 7:13 PM
Keep your chin up Jake; when all else fails trust Jesus…keep the faith~Che :)
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