Downhill

a waterfall that flows downhill
does not engender a raised eyebrow
and yet, the flow of dollar bills
continues to surprise the highbrow
like a black hole, the budget does
attract all matter to an orbit
it's all about "I Have", "He Has"
nor is it time to write an obit
for justice: justice ever bends
to what I'd call the laws of nature
and execution -- yes -- depends
not on some quirk of legislature
but on where the black hole resides.

So put away their bona fides
no advocate or legal scholar
will supersede the mighty dollar.
Once you have learned this lesson well,
no, life does not, of sudden, swell
into utopian perfection.
Put it aside. Get a canoe
and ride the rapids to the finish.
Dissatisfaction will diminish.
You'll get your turn into the queue.

And that, at least, is my reflection.