AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING

AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING MY CONFIDENCE STEADILY ERODED
AS I WATCHED THE ENTIRE ECONOMY CONTINUE ITS IMPLODING
EVERYTHING AND ALMOST EVERYBODY CRADLING FROM THEIR DEBT LOAD
THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONCOCTED AN UNPRECEDENTED RESCUSE PLAN

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPREHEND AND EVEN HARDER TO UNDERSTAND
VENERABLE WALL STREET FIRMS SEEMED TO DISINTEGRATE OVERNIGHT
MY INTUITIONS TOLD ME; IF I WAS GOING TO STAY ON THIS PLANET IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH FIGHT

FROM THAT DAY FORWARD I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO DO WHATEVER TO STAY EVEN FORGETTING ABOUT GETTING AHEAD
THE IDEA OF GETTING RICH USING WALL STREET BECAME A CONCEPT THAT IS NOW DEAD. AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING THE WORLD WAS CHANGING AWFULLY FAST.

AMERICA'S NEW MORNING GREETING HAS NOW BECOME KISS MY ASS
EVERYBODY UPSET BECAUSE STOCK PRICES WERE INCESSANTLY DROPPING
THINGS RAPIDLY FALLING APART AND THERE SEEMED TO BE NO STOPPING
MY BROKER CALLED ME BUT I GOT A FEELING HIS CALL TO ME WAS HIS VERY LAST
WHEN THINGS GO BAD ON WALL STREET CLIENTS DON'T USUALLY GET A PASS

EVERYBODY GETS A BIT OF MONEY MAKING NASTIEST AND INSENSITIVE RUB
THE EXTENDED HAND OF PROSPERITY BEING DRAWN BACK AS A SHORTEN NUB
AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
I SAW A DRUG COMPANY NAMED PFIZER ACTING LIKE AN IRRESPONSIBLE MISER
THEY WERE BEING FINED $ 2.3 BILLION FOR PROMOTING AN UNAUTHORIZED DRUG USE

SINGLE HANDEDLY CAUSING AMERICA TO TURN INTO A NATION BENT ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
RECKLESS IN THEIR HUNT TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS THEY TRIED SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND A LITTLE BIT EXTRA
THAT'S WHEN THEY DECIDED TO PUSH THE DRUG CALLED BEXTRA

DON'T THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU'D BET ON IN A CASINO?
A COLLEGE DEGREE BEING THE ONLY THING SEPERATING THE FORTUNE 500 DRUG DEALERS AND THOSE IN THE GHETTO
AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING I COULD PLAINLY SEE
THAT THE BANKS WERE THE ONES CAUSIING AMERICA'S NEW FORM OF POVERTY

REFUSING TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES WITH ANY KIND OF LOANS
WHILE NEWLYWEDS WATCHED AS THEY REMOVED THEM FROM THEIR HOMES
THE BANKS SEEMS TO HAVE DECLARED A PERSONAL WAR ON YOU AND ME
SOMEHOW THEY FIGURED DEALING WITH ME WOULDN'T BE AS EASY
CHARGING EXCESSIVE FEES FOR BOUNCHED CHECKS IS THE BANKS VERSION OF THE BIG CHURN. THE SAME THINGS HAPPENS IN THE BROKERAGE FIRMS

THEY DO IT A LITTLE SMOOTHER SO CLIENTS DON'T KNOW THEY ARE GETTING BURNED. BROKERS CHURN YOUR ACCOUNTS TO GET COMMISSIONS; BECAUSE GETTING PAID DAILY IS THEIR ONLY MISSION.
BANKS DELAY DEPOSITS, SHOW NON EXISTING BALANCES AT ATM'S AND PLACE UNNECESSARY HOLDS ON THEIR OWN CHECKS
HANGING CUSTOMERS BY THEIR WALLETS OR PURSE STRINGS INSTEAD OF BY THEIR NECKS.

AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING I COULD SEE THE FIRST GLOBSL DEPRESSION OF THE 21ST CENTURY. IT REALLY DID SEEM RATHER OBVIOUS TO ME MORE HARDSHIPS WERE ON THEIR WAY AND THIS MUCH I COULD SEE
THE TROUBLES OF THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN RUN DEEPER THEN THE SEA
THE CRIMES BEING COMMITTED IN THOSE BOARDROOMS MADE THEM FEEL
NO GREAT NEED TO COP A PLEA. THEIR COCKTAILS OF GIN AND JUICE PLUS A LITTLE CLIENT ABUSE HAD BECOME THEIR FAVORITE CUP OF TEA

THEY CELEBRATED AS THEY HAD SUCCESSFULLY REPLACED THE ALMIGHTY WITH A GREEN GOD. NEVER RESPECTING THE FACT THEY WERE MAKING LIFE VERY HARD.
AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING I NOTICED THOSE WHO WERE WORKING
HAD STARTED TO BECOME DISCONTENT WITH THE IDEA OF THEIR BEING JERKING

TOLD TO GET THEIR PRODUCTIVITY UP, EXPRESSING HOW THEY SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR THEIR LUCK. THE UNIVERSE HAD SHARED ITS FAVORS, ALLOWING THEM TO BE AT LEAST PAID SLAVERS. AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IT BECAME CLEARER THESE WERE CHANGING TIMES. I WAS STILL SANE AND WAS NOT LOSING MY TOTAL MIND.

THE WORLD WAS DOING ITS THANG BY CHANGING WITH THE TIMES;THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT DOES IN SPITE OF YOU AND ME, CONSTANTLY
IN ORDER TO FIND HAPPINESS I REALIZE A NEED TO BECOME A CITIZEN OF THE UNIVERSE AND NOT OF A PARTICULAR COUNTRY
AMERICANS ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY UNTIL THE COUNTRY TOTALLY SELF DESTRUCTS

IT WILL DEFINITELY BE TIME TO LEAVE BEFORE THEY OVER LOAD THE TROUBLE CARRYING TRUCK. YEAH, THEY DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO RELISH LIVING IN THEIR UGLY MUCK. AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING I COULD SEE A NEED TO CHANGE PLACES, IT'S IS NOW TIME TO RUN IN SOME OF LIFE'S MORE EXOTIC RACES.

AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING I DECIDED TO HANG OUT IN SOME NEW PLACES, MOST CERTAINLY NOT IN THE BARS, MAYBE, AMONG THE STARS
BUT SOMEWHERE WHERE THOSE WHO LOOK HAVE DECIDED TO REALLY SEE
MAKING DECISIONS TO STAND UP AND CHALLENGE THE WRONGS AND GET INVOLVE.
PUTTING FORTH EFFORTS THAT WILL POSITIVELY CHANGE THIS WORLD WITH MUCH EFFORT AND GREAT RESOLVE.
MAYBE, THEN AS WE WATCH AND SEE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING THE CHANGES COMING WON'T CATCH THOSE OF US WHO CARE SO FLAT FOOTED AND NAPPING





AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING
BROKE ENOUGH/ NEOPAGANISM # 1874803
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