Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Socialist Sonnet No. 130

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.

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