Who believes there is a God:
the bankers who loaned thousands
or the recipient without a job?
The bankers who brought down the economy
or the man who lost his home?
Yes, who believes there is a God:
the fraudulent bankers who got away scot-free
or the angry people who were wronged?
3 World Wars
49 Moon landings
386 years without poverty
that’s how much it cost the taxpayers
to bailout Wall Street banking.
In their rare moment of weakness
the dragons should have been dismembered.
But it’s business as usual:
Regulation-lite markets
dominated by the few;
money buying power,
power generating money;
midnight threats to presidents,
democracies brought down
by the snap of a finger.
Who believes in bankers?
Well not Jesus
who cleansed the temple of greed.
Bankers are not clever
but they employed ex-rocket scientists
who magicked formulas
to generate wealth without risk;
they took it on trust
none of the bankers grasped the details.
Why didn’t they intuit
that laws governing space
cannot predict the future reliably
when it’s filled with people?
Who believes there is a God:
The bankers orchestrating brainwashing
or young people imprisoned for debt?
The bankers looting a planet
or the rioters trashing a store?
Yes, who says, “We got away with it.
Alleluia, it’s a miracle!”
It’s the bankers
whose private helicopter
hovers above
like the angel of death
while below them
the world is consumed.
John Tissandier
Illustration Nick Victor