Wading Through the Motions
The great, the good, the faithful, gathering
In conference halls, to bask in oration,
Of how they’re going to save the nation
Via three or four days of blathering,
As well as much waving of flags of course:
They will have the answers, once they find them.
Now all their past mistakes are behind them,
Not that they have any cause for remorse.
Immigration? Free Trade or Protection?
All the threadbare old arguments elide
As markets, not politicians, decide,
No matter who might win an election.
Leaders speak! Delegates go home again,
While ills of capitalism remain.
D. A.