rewind
set before them
the same table of despair
from last year
serve up
cotton candy promises
with multicolored layers of
slow recovery
increased employment
low interest rates
gradual withdrawal
place before them
a full plate of red herring
bowl games galore
entertaining news stories
of rescued dogs
from flooded hillsides
while homeless children
find only society’s coal
in their stockings
fill their glasses
with the sweet wine of delusion
so that they will make merry
while french kissing
under the mistletoe
humanity’s
corpse
