Money Talk – from the Poetry Archive

Alpha
Delta
Gamma
Theta
Convexity
Complexity
Backwardation
Wage Inflation
Triple Witching
EBITDA
Swap Spread
V.A.R.

Suck it all, big and small
buy and sell, put and call
commodity, paper, property
oil and gas monopoly
LBO the company
ship the jobs to who knows where
leave them homeless over here
saddle kids with student debt
turn them into slaves for wages
all the while convincing them
they’re free to join the one percent
government big money buys
regime change and media lies
Randian attitude toward the poor
Goldman Sachs craves only more

And you’re thinking in your grand illusion
you too can join the one percent
but no, that isn’t very likely
for you see, the rich are different

And you don’t even speak the language

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