“The Dominoes” [Reflection on Larry Winget’s Book – You’re Broke Because You Want to Be, Poem #5, Chap.4]
The business is not first to go,
It’s us – because we do not know;
And “research”, like a smaller fish,
Can’t swim as fast as we might wish.“I’m here because I do not know”
Is slogan for all science, so
It stands to reason it describes
Our life on roller-coaster rides.We earn; we spend; we do not save,
Until some jolt’s tsunami wave
From epicenter rings on out,
Destroying everything about.What causes jolt to dominoes?
Why, “Pressure builds”, which we all know,
But think our fault-lines bide for aye;
It’s “Human nature” that’s the “Why”.And human nature, Good Book says,
Is passed along as out it plays;
So raise the income, drop expense,
And hold some buffer for defense.As pressure slowly built, it will
Now dissipate (our thinking’s swill) –
So start today, and ease ’er back;
Postpone the crash – shift red to blackIf you are two, that’s both not one –
Find ways to have some freebie fun,
And pay the piper – no more debt;
Just knock each flat with what you get.Stupidity’s endemic here –
Our silliness to all’s made clear
By where we’re at – “Outside looks good,
But inner core is rotten wood”.So, Lord, it’s up and up from here;
The road ahead is rough, that’s clear;
But hey, it worked, let’s push on through
And do what we know how to do.Thanks Lord for this.
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