False Dichotomy
Save the economy sacrifice lives
Save lives and sacrifice the economy
Suffer a headache or have a lobotomy
Plain and simple: a false dichotomy
Fools and small children
Only see the here and now
The day beyond today does not exist
Immediate gratification is all there is
We cannot see the forest for the trees
Rust for the junkyard
Mules for the donkeys
Waves for the seven seas
Be here now is a fine saying
But it has definite limits
Looking forward has its place
The future of the human race
Forced to choose between
hardship and sorrow
Bad choices will be made
The wise will find another way
Forced to choose between
today and tomorrow
The child will always choose today
The wise will choose tomorrow
and tomorrow beyond the day
The only way to secure the economy
Is to tend to the virus first
In sacrificing lives to save the markets
We sacrifice both and secure the worst
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