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