The Thirteen Days of $Mas

Categories: Open Mic, Poetry

On the first day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
A checking account with a large fee.

On the second day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the third day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the fourth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the fifth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the sixth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the seventh day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Seven swaps a skimming
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the eighth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Eight CEO’s a bilking
Seven swaps a skimming
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the ninth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Nine foreclosures dual-tracked
Eight CEO’s a bilking
Seven swaps a skimming
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the tenth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Ten regulators a sleeping
Nine foreclosures dual-tracked
Eight CEO’s a bilking
Seven swaps a skimming
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the eleventh day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Eleven economies in ruin
Ten regulators a sleeping
Nine foreclosures dual-tracked
Eight CEO’s a bilking
Seven swaps a skimming
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

On the twelvth day of $Mas my bankster gave to me
Twelve Fed Presidents
Eleven economies in ruin
Ten regulators a sleeping
Nine foreclosures dual-tracked
Eight CEO’s a bilking
Seven swaps a skimming
Six roboclerks a signing
Five evictees’ goods.
Four uncalled loans
Three Gold(man) Sack(ster)s
Two Wall Street Traders
and a checking account with a large fee.

But on the thirteenth day of $Mas my bankster got told by me
Chain the Fed Presidents.
Stop this austerity shit.
Wake up the regulators,
Cram down the mortgages.
Ship the CEO’s to San Quentin.
Kill all the swaps.
Unsign the robots.
Return all their goods.
Forgive the loans.
Sack the Goldmans.
Jail the Traders.
Take your fees, and shove them up your ass…
And then we’re going to have a National Jubilee.

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What is a jubilee?

Jubilee comes from many faith traditions including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. A jubilee is an event in which all debts are cancelled and all those in bondage are set free. It worked in Biblical times and it can still work today. For example, a kind of jubilee happened in Iceland after the 2008 economic crisis: instead of bailing out their banks, Iceland canceled a percentage of mortgage debt. What these examples show is that debts are just a promise which can – and should – be renegotiated or cancelled when the circumstances warrant. Strike Debt believes that now is the time for a jubilee for the 99%.

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