"Capitalism" Written by Kimberly Ann Goins

"Capitalism"

Written by Kimberly Ann Goins

Capitalism doesn't work!

It teaches us to skip
The joyful intricacies of life
So focused are we on what lies ahead
A new job, a new opportunity,
It's time to work! No play!
Rush Rush
Chop Chop
Time is money.

Capitalism is not Biblical.

Because it teaches us to
Value the things and the means
To achieve those things
Rather than the God who
Created someone of much more value
Than those things

God created us to live
And enjoy
A peace-filled, joyful life
Not one that we speedily
Rush through
And all too soon
Our already brief journey
Is that much more brief

Capitalism is a sinful mistake!

That breeds low self-esteem
And self-hatred
As its victims struggle
To attain everything that
Its ruthless dictator demands
Complete and total
Servitude

Life under capitalism
Is not about taking
The time to smell the roses
Oh no! That's not productive!
And a moment without work
Means another dollar isn't earned

And so we servants
Of this brutalistic
System's machinations
Are screaming!
And crying.
And life is stressful.
And worse than
Hobbes' state of nature
Cause he was mistaken
Life under capitalism
Is what is nasty, brutish and short

And its jaws are from
What we can't escape
Nor could we imagine trying

Because we've been brainwashed!

Into loving a system
That cannot be sustained
For it is built upon
The broken bodies and
Broken spirits
Of broken-hearted people
Our fellow humans in the human race
Because someone must pay the price
So I can buy a cheap
TV at Walmart
As these past long years have taught us
We now know we all are paying the price
But is it worth it?