NAFTA Flu

Factory plows
Cattle clouds
Encircle sulfur skies,
Manure mounds
In toxic towns;
No alarms
No surprise.

Conagra
Takes Viagra
And inserts their CEO,
In government tents
Where money’s spent
For Cargil and Monsanto.

Meanwhile…

Poor Mexicans
Are at it again,
Work in unsafe slaughter plants,
Losing limbs
Their pain begins
Let go from circumstance.

No recourse
Under force
And no union for a safe new deal,
No time to bleed
For corporate greed,
No room for a Happy Meal.

Burger King
And Mickey’s bling,
Disturb foreign agri-cultures,
From Brazil,
Natives will
Slash and burn for agri-vultures.

Taco Bell
And Wendy’s sell
Junk food to our younger kids,
Obesity,
Diabetes,
Health crashes with bigger skids.

Ad campaigns
Like gravy trains,
Sway ignorant parent consumers,
Jingles jangle
Traps entangle
Seismic smiles and profit tumors.

Torte reform
Like monsters born
Reject any punitive damages.
Judges agree,
The penalty
Not include fast food sandwiches.

The monster walks
And legally talks
Through the power of the quarterly purse,
Then customers learn,
It’s now their turn
To be consumed in a drive through hearse.