Funfair

Given I'm viscous

sweet as molasses

reminiscent of  Hibiscus

swig, floral and tangy

not mistaken for grungey

so is my flair.

Come! Sit and join me,

at my brandy and honey-tea funfair.

Here, here!

Receive an amusing subvention

raise your glass to self-inflation

assets under this corporate umbrella

loads limited by finance, rain or shine

ever so clever and stern lamella

maintenance expenses trim at your life line

living the good life always a business hard

balancing duty with pleasure pertains to art.

Breadwinners,

industrious women and men

hungry breadbaskets at the assembly line

employees stay content on regular regimen

on every month's last Friday,

it's payday

we, the employers leer at them

fools holler ''Hurray!''

At home, young fowls waiting to be fed

by ravenous bills pockets left hollow

left for dead.

Money tied to valuta, gold or oil

standards whose own values fluctuate

demand and supply

the ambiguously duo rate

labour is the saviour pumping blood

into our money and helps its circulation

hearts of our talents and their toils bled

we toast to the fund flood

and boast of having no ethical shred

waving bones at lapdogs chasing their tails.

In the here and now,

we host a celebration

the birth of a powerful conglomerate

interest rates rise to offset inflation

we act on the board of directors' mandate

a raging bull heading toward a timid bear

budding monopoly

taking by storm the market share

vertical merger

juggernaut arrayed in chain mail

down with its fail

there go sustainable economies of scale.

Serve yourself,

many a sangria drink

fathomless is the punch bowl's pit

workforce will never ever shrink

for we are tradesmen, apt and savvy

holding two watermelons under one armpit

rounded scoops of gluttony, avarice and envy

like way back when,

craving after the power of a Czar

killing fashion sense,

red fez,

eating caviar.

I gather,

just a minor suspicion

your worries haven't been left at the vestibule

call it a tycoon's intuition

ballroom will spin you into a swirl of ridicule

in a dance challenge

with you as the partner of derision

tonight we need to sit back and relax

tomorrow we shall confront that income tax.

Until consumers realize, save us

nobody is owner of anything, really

people will persist in evaluating insincerely

not even owning ourselves

desires superfluous

currency will be a ball and chain

encouraged debtors to own more

blatant materialistic lies, a proven bane

monetary reliance forever is our mentor.

I ask you,

hand on heart

portrait of a historical upstart

a vassal swearing allegiance

artwork of a universal grievance 

question if there is price on our freedom

could it be as well

a social status acanthus

placed on the head

security to the fiefdom

conferring some gravitas

on a broken system.

Fiscal and marketing legerdemain

nothing more free than an inmate

no exit out of this fairground domain

workers living on a happy real estate

speakers repeating the same campaign

tenants in a correctional facility

drudges on the roller-coaster

it goes by the name profitability

offered grocery coupons to survive

redemption codes for the hammer ride

radioactive popcorn, food fraudster.