Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

you needn't gloat
do you know how stupid
that sounds, like there are
only winners and losers in this world
fuck you capitalism
take your money grubbing hands
off of me, sell your washing machines
with your red and white enthusiasm

bathed in big blue bottom lines
without sucking me down the drain with the lint
save your genius advertising
for some other bozo on the bus

the woman at the bank begs me
to try her amazing on-line banking,
she insists as she is instructed to,
by the twisted collective brain
behind the mirrored glass, despite
my repeated explanations I am not
interested, she won't let go of my collar
even though I have been very polite with her

I reiterate I am happy to write my little checks
at my desk, lick the envelope, affix a stamp
and she besieges me to understand how safe
her ways are, how immediate it is
and I laugh, and she thinks I am a jerk
for not bowing to her expertise, so I ease up
on my smile, tell her again for the tenth time
no thank you... her prior excitement with fresh blood wanes

twists her mouth into a completely different
looking person that now seems to be disgusted with me

I thank her again, put on my sun glasses
head for the door feeling daggers in my back,

it gets harder everyday for me to interact
with many of my fellow human beings........thank god

our humanity is not aligned

the talons of the vulture capitalists reach out for every dime, hounding people until they give in.

nice write.

......she is just a pawn in a fucked up system of useless progression....ya know i hated to put my pay check in that money machine,, never would, even though they'd plead with me...what a waste of time when people are waiting in line behind me ...good poem steve

going against the large machine, never easy
mark of a grass roots hero

nice- the simple things...

This is right on. It gets to the bottomline of society. I'm with you on this.