Treachery

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Betrayed by bankers’
grasping hands,
by  politicos’ imbecility
compounded by our own docility,
the world economy
doomed by duplicity,
slides helter skelter
to perdition.

 

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11 Responses to Treachery

  2. Poet Laundry says:
    July 26, 2012 at 07:24

    Great poem–love it!

    Reply
  3. Daydreamertoo says:
    July 24, 2012 at 13:47

    And this just about sums it all up in a nutshell. I love the word perdition too :)

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  4. adinparadise says:
    July 24, 2012 at 10:17

    Sad, but true. Good one, viv.

    Reply
  5. ceciliag says:
    July 23, 2012 at 21:26

    perdition, I love that word.. morning viv.. c

    Reply
  6. Sharp Little Pencil says:
    July 23, 2012 at 16:44

    Oooh, Viv, you must know I would LOVE this. Stick it to ‘em… all around the world, they are like the moneychangers of the OT days. They don’t produce anything but numbers, and they contribute nothing to society, save hubris and greed – inspiring others to the same.
    Amy
    http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/07/22/broken-record-sun-scribs-bloomings-whirl/

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  7. Tilly Bud - The Laughing Housewife says:
    July 23, 2012 at 16:41

    You said it – we have no one to blame but ourselves, for letting them get away with it.

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    • Sharp Little Pencil says:
      July 23, 2012 at 16:45

      And yet, Tilly, this is SO FAR out of our hands. The politicians we rarely get to elect, but the lobbyists are everywhere, handing out the candy…

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      • smkelly8 says:
        July 23, 2012 at 19:11

        It is hard to do anything. While I can stick with my “small-ish” local bank and write letters demanding justice to lawmakers, it doesn’t seem to get results. Am I impatient? Naive?

        I highly recommend Upton Sinclair’s “Moneychangers.”

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