check your wallet!
examine your purse!
lips lick over dry teeth
anticipating satiation
the curse of systems analyst
there's a pound of flesh in my pocket
it jangles & jars
those pin striped city types
all change is loosening
the big machine is making strange noises
time for that oil change
a necessary prescription
all bets are hedging
those old tokens
are simply broken ghosts
the replacement service
awaits outside
the fat controller
of imperial hubris
has an engine revving
now revolutions
are industrial strength
announced in a tinny retrograde voice
bullhorned into pride of place
the public relates
to bright colours & big shapes
softly crayoned into
popular minds eye position
pipeline proposals
insipid infrastructure
vital veins ferniculate
that all too familiar life blood
will it be a fair exchange rate?
this metered reality?
monopoly plays out
money only meant
for spaced out rentals
all arranged on the tick
forever indebted
human tamagochi
pets kept occupied in
over familiar territory
time is the ultimate commodity
a dimensional void
in which you exchange
existence for it passing
spend it wisely my friends
spend it wisely
