Not an accident of nature
\nNor a mere symptom
\nBut a creature made
\nIn the image of the system<\/p>\n
A snake with
\nA lethal bite
\nA selfish worshipper of wealth
\nWith a ravishing appetite<\/p>\n
Time and again condemned to die
\nHe’s suffered fatal wounds
\nInflicted by united workers
\n“Please help me” he croons<\/p>\n
I can redeem my wrongs
\nAnd make your lives grand
\nThe injuries you suffered were not my fault
\nPlease try to understand<\/p>\n
He shifts blame to others
\nDenying any wrongs
\nHe scapegoats innocents
\nWith slithering siren songs<\/p>\n
So along comes a worker
\nGood people harbor no ill
\nShe felt sympathy for the state
\nOf this creature known to kill<\/p>\n
So she took him into her home
\nGave him food and shelter
\nThe entire time he thanked her
\nTold her how much he felt her<\/p>\n
Generosity and kindness
\nPromised to repay her in turn
\nConvinced her with his confessions
\nThat his lessons he’d learned<\/p>\n
She grew fond of him
\nIntroduced him to kith and kin
\nAssured by his forked tongue
\nThat he truly was her friend<\/p>\n
So his ills were forgotten
\nHis fatal wounds were healed
\nHis health was revived
\nBut his belly was never filled<\/p>\n
Because he suffers
\nWith an incurable disease
\nTo grow and grow to feed and feed
\nDrive by insatiable greed<\/p>\n
So as the unsuspecting worker
\nLay one day at rest
\nShe placed her arm around the serpent
\nClutched him to her breast<\/p>\n
As his forked tongue flickered
\nIn a mesmerizing dance
\nHe struck the worker so quickly
\nShe stood not a chance<\/p>\n
She could only ask
\nAs the poison took affect
\nWas this repayment for her service
\nBeing bitten in her neck<\/p>\n
The animal replied
\nI’m a selfish creature
\nI am a capitalist
\nYou always knew my nature<\/p>\n
That I feed off workers
\nAnd the goods that you make
\nYou knew the moment you took me in
\nThat I was a snake…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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