Collateral Damage?

      
     
     
seeking solace within the bar      
thinking money's now their test      
and gazing at the bare tip jar      
sans the beating on their breasts      
     
gone their jobs, their livelihood      
how long they've missed that factory whistle      
remembering of where it stood      
for the making of iron pipes and nipples      
     
"another round", they call to Doug      
as creaks the stool upon they sit      
watch the flow from tap to mug      
killing time by smaller sips    
   
yet, cross an ocean or maybe sea    
distant brothers now have a chance    
new hopes that lives will better be    
for it's different from where we glance      
     
some wish to blame those greedy men      
chasing profits, the bottom line      
but if one thinks far deeper in      
truer reasons may come to mind      
     
money, like water, ebbs and flows      
'til stilled by a level field      
supply and demand is how it goes      
and some will be forced to yield      
     
an entwined world is being reached      
global commerce is what's been chose      
so pray some day it will lead to peace      
for what country cuts off it's nose      
     
     
#Robert Frost      
     
     
      
Dedicated to Josh for his never ending prompts for world peace