This global economy affects more than it ever 
     has before. No surprise, the prices rise. 
          We live with it. We must.
          Where are we headed?
     Good times are sold, bought up by the highest bidders 
     in an attempt to stoke egos and excitement.
     Pride has been co-opted by mass merchandisers of luxury 
     automobiles and designer goods.
          Built-in obsolescence is a standard of production for 
     products we don’t need but desire.
          Then, there are those of us who have none, unhoused 
     and incapable of making it on their own. 
     Sullen circumstances are a paycheque or two away 
     from a reality most of us refuse 
          to acknowledge.

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