Soft Sculpture by Orly Cogan, viewed and photographed at Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown Los Angeles
Finished school, experience-rich
Thought I’d found a singular niche
Out there swimming in a great big pool
Great Big Power changed all the rules.
Get this: the fundamentals no longer apply
Upon past advice I can longer rely.
Finances controlled by freaky hi-tech
Plans and dreams now all a huge wreck.
Design some new models, account for the variables
Predictions all dire, consequences terrible.
Apocalypse scenarios breed and astound
No ostrich position will help to surround
Me with some comfort and a viable plan
Hunker down, take it, just like a man.
All the targets move out of range
Take a pill quick, it’s nauseating change.
Dismantle the pension system entire
Cut back Soc Security so folks can’t retire.
Raise the co pays on medical insurance
Be sure that from me you’ll find little concurrence.
Call for accountability, cut back school funds,
Surely those budgets are visibly rotund.
Only tomorrow’s citizens will suffer,
Don’t matter to you, you rich fat old duffer.
Shut down the parks, libraries, and squares
Don’t fund the infrastructure, just let it wear
Out and slip down a bottomless black hole
Middle class too, signing up for the dole.
Take care to mend nets before it’s too late
Correct course for our shortsighted mothership of state.
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