In Recessions

one trickle-down effect
is that the goods offered
to charity shops decline
in quality and quantity.

Another effect is that
in the unawareness
of their meanness
people still thieve
from these places,
thinking the charity
should be towards
them most of all .

The Degredations Of Education

When Eve was tempted by the fruit
from the tree of knowledge
Satan's aim was to teach her and Adam
the novelty of built-in obsolescence.

Many teachers in many schools
have been teaching the same lesson
ever since, without admitting it.
What pupils learn makes them obsolete
for employers who want more work
for less pay, and say they deserve better.