I had a thought a moment ago
Or was the thought
From a moment ago
Can we ever know for sure
Mixed in this cauldron
Of misdirection and lies
(Politics and business much the same
Which is worse, time will tell, but--)
That passes for a society
The overwhelming thrust
Of constant confusion
Redirecting in ways
We would not have thought of
A single generation ago
Like what
Well, when would we have felt
Buying a car by weekly payments
Would be seen as the norm
Oh, nothing wrong with it you say
I disagree, but what the hey
When a monthly payment
Would be seen as an overwhelming debt
What better way to let it be absorbed
Than in payments of a lesser amount
By-weekly
Or even by the week
The little sharks in black suits
Are carving us up
In ever smaller amounts
(or so it seems)
Will someone finally say "enough"
If payments are somehow normal
When someone lewdly says
-payments by the day-
And still we can't afford it.
