Opportunity Cost

Optimization and Efficiency

now reigns over

Optimism and Affection

So

I negociated my contract

to loan my soul

to the titans of commerce

Rehearsing and immersing

myself in the dehumanization

and objectifying of fathers and mothers

(Just an initiation rite

      into capitalism)

“Sign here and we’re done”

I skimmed, no,

      skipped

the fine print

Knowing all too well

that

This bank will once again

default on my loan

FDIC and AIG

can’t save you now

Keep buying Keep buying

buy buy buy, with money

            we don’t have

bye bye bye, future of

            our children

Laissez Faire

Jargon meaning “Every man for

      himself”

Screw mothers who are loving

for their child

Fuck fathers who are frugal

for their family

      Simply because they don’t

consume

conform

obey

and contribute to the GDP

      and the DOW

So what

So what if their love built

            the world?

I’ve got businesses to feed

At least banks now

have antidepressants instead

of lollipops