Our Current Future
/We have met the enemy…
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Chief’s vision – so bold, so new.
Board recoils – unacceptable risk.
Chief: first mover advantage, exclusive market, stupendous profit.
Board agrees, okays millions in seed money.
Legal drafts a bill, shepherds it through.
Full public funding, no strings attached,
light oversight by an understaffed agency,
complete indemnity from all liability.
Chief assembles a Leadership Team
senior executives from partners and allies.
Some buy in and assume responsibilities
Some decline, get left out of the loop.
A Management Plan lists what’s to be done,
who does it, by when, with what budget,
Threat Assessment targets potential obstructions
devises operations to neutralize opposition.
Marketing deploys a broad-spectrum campaign
leveraging the work of a stable of creatives
to stimulate passionate yearnings and fantasies,
when it arrives the masses will crave it.
Production contracts with cutting-edge factories
sited near deep-water ports where labor is cheap.
Tankers deliver lakes of oil, mountains of ore.
Officials pledge no taxes, no inspections, no questions.
Rollout imminent – astonishing bomb-shell announcement
Venues reserved, security contracted, flexible ticket packages,
Sympathetic reviewers sent pre-release copies.
Available online and in stores everywhere.
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By DF Walker
From: United States