The Blood Bank

"I love to count"
they love to count, they really do
the economists, the talk-show hosts,
politicians, industrialists
all worship a newly-manicured graven image-
economic rationalism (ER tm)
otherwise known as capitalism

A wet dream of theirs plays for a week
On a tabloid morality tv show
they push those kids into the furnace,
lambs to the spectacular slaughter
"We'll make them go north!"

their lifes blood is to be drained
to feed the addiction of the powerful
who sit on us like ticks
fat and bloated on our lives

there's a rumour Dracula is in charge of the Blood Bank, he loves to count
and he's not going to give up his position
without a fight
but you won't read this information in the papers, hear or see it on the six o'clock news

In this postmodern age
a haircut is the solution to all problems.
We all play the deficit game, the political game
exclude the people while appealing to
"My Fellow....(insert nationality here)"
let them know "I love you as much
as my economic figures!"

"I love to count" he says
caressing the balance sheet
she considers a new management scheme
our blood on her lips

How can I understand $4.9 billion?
why is deficit reduction to be worshipped?
I give up, turn on Ray and relax,
comfortable, knowing ACA
"keeps the bastards honest!"
in this TV democracy I vote by remote
while the economy kills the spirit
of the Coke generation-

this is IT, the lust for power,
the broken lives, the raw deals
the judgemental hypocrisy

Yes, this is it, this is the real thing.