THE CONSUMER

(PART 4)

The falsity of our system is very dumb

The government in the guise of economy

Brings in different types of program

Which doesn’t help the consumer

One iota

But eventually the cost

After extensive research and waste

Would finally pass down to us

And as the federal provincial hum

The consumer waits in awed expectancy

Would it be another hi-way or dam

A catastrophe or a disaster

One extra

Billion less or the most

To find out if the beaver has a taste

Or if monkeys can travel in moon bus.

These boys have a financial lust

To find some fool-hardy scheme

Always in the name of research

Just to allow the elite

To fool around at cock-tail with funds

That can be spent to the benefit

Of the consumers, but no!

They prefer to waste millions

Bickering in the national circus

The politician’s ultimate dream

Where some sit like dry birch

For the soup over there is so sweet

Thus making no waves because of bonds

Always smiling, ready and swift to shift

In the name of the party, to show

Fake loyalty even to the unions.

Do not think for one moment

That the consumer doesn’t have dreams

Of places like Acapulco or Barbados

Of mortgage rates getting lower

So he might buy a home

Of owning a farm or cottage

Of giving up the costly TTC

Buying his own little automobile

But when he tries to cement

And thinks he is getting there, it seems

He has got to get ready again for the gallows

To earn extra bread and butter

If he really that home

And not to lose his economic footage

Accepting life as he breathes heavily

Too numbed with tension to feel.

He is like the last

Of a large family of eight

Whose clothes are handed down

Whose shoes are always

One size extra or long

His shirts are knee length

With patches on his back and belly

His hat covers his eyes

Always expected to be mild

Follow unquestioningly straight

Without much of a sound

No matter what his father says

Even if it’s wrong

Applying his spent strength

As he loyally pursues determined

To uphold the family ties.

~Norman Datt~