Metaphysics of a Puppet Show

I think
I've figured
it out.

Pay them.

All the nations
in the world
can get in
on it.

The Third World
can be payed
for the thing
we already spend
so much on.

Do the numbers show,
we spend so much
on entertainment,
sometimes just
financing a movie
production, mostly
just enjoying it,
there's just
no longer an excuse
to say people
earn money
solely on the basis
of a hard day's
labor, on things
we need
to survive.

Pay them.
It doesn't
matter if they
entertain.
Stick a camera
in the Third World,
pretend they're
a reality show.

Pay them,
let them feed
themselves,
but let them be
and if the world
they have
has nothing,
then let's
not pretend
to give them things
anymore.

Just pay them.
They're in
a puppet show
just like
anyone else.

There's simply
no excuse
pretending we
can't carry
the load of humanity,
why we must take
ill-management
as the excuse.

We're
in the business
of management,
ourselves
and those around us.

So let's quit
dancing around it
and do it.

Charity is a thing
of the past,
certainly noble,
but completely
unnecessary.

Some people
will always be hogs,
but the rest of us
must do
what we must,
and let the show
continue.