Working more for less these days? Sensing a growing tilt in the level playing field? This little ditty, “The Bleary-Eyed,” is based on Vachel Lindsay’s even more biting economic commentary, “The Leaden-Eyed.”

The Bleary Eyed

To keep young folks from burning out too quick,
We’ll bind them to their tasks with little lies;
The Market cannot spare their bodies or their minds,
On frazzled lives and bleary eyes it thrives.

We’ll talk of growth, but not the filth it spews;
We’ll talk of wealth, but not how much it’s skewed;
We’ll talk of clout, and claim it’s well diffused;
We’ll talk fair game, and titter while they’re screwed.

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