Doesn't Cost Anything to Pay Attention
 
background people mutter
endless tv chatter
gadget distractions
 
pay attention
 
there's gambling on oil prices
they call it
"the geo-political risk factor"
 
pay attention
 
which came first
the chicken of information overload
or the egg of attention deficit?
 
pay attention, shoppers
 
in the middle of the shopping stampede
a free-for-all
of Zen temples
 
doesn't cost anything to pay attention
 
inflation egos nickel-and-diming-and-taxing
when at the very least
they could throw a big bake sale
 
please! pay attention
 
price check in aisle 3
price check in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Gulf of Mexico,
press 1 for quality control
 
lies as slick as oil spills
prices rising fast as politicians, bankers,
and CEOs taking erectile dysfunction pills
 
hey, pay attention!
 
give us this day our daily feed of sunlight
let's point to the power of things with wind
and electric grids
 
doesn't cost anything
to
pay attention