The Invisible Hand Strikes

Published

3 years ago

2021/11/10

By Lynn Ockersz

‘The Invisible Hand’ of classical economics,

That intriguing symbol of demand and supply,

Is having the people in a throttling grip,

And pushing rice and curry beyond their reach,

Now that clamps on the prices of essentials are off,

Thanks to the acute minds deciding the future of the isle,

But could the head ignore the stomach’s growls for long?

This was the poser that in times past stirred angry revolts,

And brought bottom-up change to a substantial measure,

But it left some Writing on the Wall, which goes thus:

‘Hungry people do not suffer self-serving, power elites gladly;

Guns cannot prevail against the need for Bread indefinitely.’

The Island