Retail Value - Craig Michael Ludwiczak (5/7/2000)

Jun 7 21:31 UTC 2000

RETAIL VALUE
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Craig Ludwiczak 6/7/2000

Hate is for folks who don't have a soul
When did the world lose its spirit?
Where did it go?

Money is for people who don't have a heart
Why do we weigh love in dollars?
When did we start?

Looking for compassion in the check-out line
The lack of smiling faces makes my sanity unwind
Shiny happy people stay away from places like this
Can't get good luck wishes from the hard end of a fist

Humanity it has no price
We sell our soul we roll the dice
We set the stage for our own fall
The greedy man within us all
Don't ask me why don't ask me how
Get through it fast get through it now
I beg the world on bended knee
We're more than retail value
...can't you see...?

Can't you see?

Looking for a way to get out of the crowd
The pounding of my heart has never been so loud
The blood boils in my veins and my eyes bulge in my head
You're better off in prison if you think you're better off dead

Now low supply and high demand
Is money in the devil's hand
We need a way to shut him down
The nasty boy in our sleepy town
Don't fake the truth don't tell a lie
Get through the storm you're flying high
Don't give living a service fee
We're more than retail value
...can't you see...?

Can't you see?

response 2 of 4:

Jun 7 22:26 UTC 2000

<sighs>  retail sucks.  day after day of seeing the same stupid human tricks.
people who think you're there to make them feel good, who think you're there
to kiss up to them so they;ll buy something.  little children, unsupervised.
The worst of humanity brought out on display, just for you.

<hugs craig>  look at it this way, though: when *you* are in the checkout line
and your total comes to $10.81, you'll always hand the cashier exactly that
or $11.01.  (;

response 4 of 4:

Jul 2 23:12 UTC 2000

Lost about the money idea..but um, nice poem!
It says in a good way how American society runs currently..
On money...
A lot less people are putting time into a higher power, and more into the
power o f the dollar..which of course, well all ends meet, will fail you!
I like this poem, but you poor thing, all this from a day at work!!
Do I here a job change in the near future?! Find something that feels more
rewarding!! :)