Icy winds visit
bleak days in shop fronts
On the way to supermarkets
As bargain-hunters
seek out the best deals.
People scarred by consumer fever
Are swamped by final demands
and charity appeals.
Young children beg
For loose coins, with
Blank expressions
Drowning in pools of sorrow
Beneath vacant eyes.
Haggard faces drench
Human spirits with the guilt
From failed solutions;
Floating like lost sharks
In shallow oceans.
Meanwhile vacant eyes
That would wrench tears from solid stone
Engage in a tug-of-war for
The hearts and minds of those
In powerful positions.