Day 176
Economic MIracle
Day 176. Tuesday 9th October 2018
Day 176. Tuesday 9th October 2018
Economic Miracle
Economic Miracle
© 2018 Steve Cook
I guess we've witnessed an economic miracle;
I guess we've witnessed an economic miracle;
Someone's done the ostensibly impossible.
Someone's done the ostensibly impossible.
They took an underpopulated planet
They took an underpopulated planet
Of seven billion willing people
Of seven billion willing people
Honestly striving to get by;
Honestly striving to get by;
A world of ideas in limitless supply
A world of ideas in limitless supply
And human and material resources
And human and material resources
In such abundance you couldn't
In such abundance you couldn't
Quantify them if you tried.
Quantify them if you tried.
They put them all together
They put them all together
And made everything scarce
And made everything scarce
Except drugs pain and psychiatry.
Except drugs pain and psychiatry.
On a planet run by idiots
On a planet run by idiots
I guess anything is possible
I guess anything is possible
Including turning wine into piss
Including turning wine into piss
And similar economic miracles.
And similar economic miracles.