(Salvation) Economy

stocks and bonds

balls and chains

bars and cells

here the currency is blood

trade it

sell it

save it

until you bleed

them all for more

cross your fingers

cross your partners

cross your wires

the currency is sacrifice

look up

to the Chief Executed Officer

imitate

he signs your Christmas bonus

be sharp

be quick

be-attitude

it’s the only way

to happiness in this business

when the markets close

at gray gloaming

and the dirty ice and fish-heads

and rotten mangoes

take the floor

then come speeches on industry secrets

take notes on the streams

of ticker-tape your father-boss

bequeathed you

Morning soon returns…

investments:

Easter

Empty tombs

Crowded board rooms

you won’t find what keeps

the world afloat

under the boat.

There’s an invisible hand,

pierced,

pulling everything up.

You hope.

(Salvation) Economy