The Murderous Middle Class

Music: Concerto in F, Op.4 No.5, 2nd Movement
By George Friedrich Handel

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The murderous middle class has no Hard evidence of harm. Each paddles round the cubicle, Maintained by what goes on. Unburdened by communion with Romantic harmonies Discerned by a too-willing heart, Each dreams of grace and ease. Reason serves the scavengers, while Only nightmares tell, Unspeakable, the evils wrought So they might thrive in hell. Middle classes mind the store, Indentured to the wind, Demanding nothing but their due, Decent, honest, kind. Little do they contemplate, Entrapped in loss and gain, Canticles of misery Lamenting lifelong pain. As they consume, they wonder why So many others have to die, Strangled in their name.