Counter Lies
Workers are all liars of course, and thieves;
Whereas computers are infallible
As popes, absolutely reliable.
It should be expected no one believes
Denials, when sums of money are not there
Who’s guilty is beyond doubt. Then the state
Visits predetermined judicial fate
On those the faultless accounting software
Has caught out. Profits must be protected
At all costs, even if that means there’ll be
An occasional legal travesty;
The system works as might be expected.
Compensation can always be deployed
As a mitigation for lives destroyed.
D. A.