Bean Bounting

Noquarter4

 BEAN COUNTING

 

I

A bean counting suit with a mission in hand

Cutting costs at any cost is the collective plan

Crunching numbers and balance sheets

Probing accounts and reviewing receipts

 

II

With numbers and graphs vital decisions are made

With no thought of the human element portrayed

Emotionless operations are just black and white

They see no wrong and they see no right

 

III

With character under fire they file their dispute

Facts kept under wrap to keep a positive repute

Which cost less the recall or the litigation?

Protecting their bottom line is their anticipation

 

IV

Using legal maneuvers to increase their returns

Industry practices raise ethical concerns

Can ethics and profit ever coincide?

Or will it push common decency aside

 

 

Chorus

Profit over people is their bottom line

The monetary value of life is what they define

A false scents of caring is the disguise they display

Droves of faceless people all lead astray

  • Author: No Quarter (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 21st, 2017 06:47
  • Comment from author about the poem: Hurricanes, auto air bags, big pharm.........Need i say more?
  • Category: Sociopolitical
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