Thanks Starbucks

Thanks Starbucks


You are a familiar face beckoning
Even in a day of reckoning
As I sit comfortably on your seat
I even emulate Rodin´s "Thinker"
While I ponder this perplexity


I sit awhile and ask myself as to why...
I was charged seventy-five cents more than in L.A.
It´s not like these Baristas are paid near that wage
Oh! I get it, these prices separate the classes
Keeping out the masses of undesireables


Still, I am so glad to find you here
I sit comfortably as if at home
Unlike most places I avoid to do so
Need I elaborate with desastrous results?
My stomach is churning something fierce


Hey, did you know the ALC-EURO Summit
Intends to fight poverty, global warming,
And promote investments in Peru?
I guess it´s good business to exploit cheap labor
And conversely dictate steeper earnings

Yet, if the intent is to eradicate poverty
Why do multi-national corporations not offer
Sustainable living wages, so people can prosper
To feed the voracious spending monster
So children can achieve optimal development

Hey, foreign investment ain´t all bad
Look at Carlos Slim elbowing in
With his baby Telemex…this competition surely
Will upset the current clutches of monopoly
Hopefully consumers to reap its benefits

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I said all I wanted to say to you
I´ve purged myself and conclude
These higher prices compensate
For the extra Splenda packets and
Toilet paper used...thanks Starbucks



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