the invisible hand

one hand holds
the poker-faced
anchor's cue cards

others, equally
invisible, act to
regulate manifold
channels of supply

democracy a question
of demand, understood
sentimentally

extortion being too
strong a word

certainly earth
has other plans for
the species

nature incapable
of belief
cannot be bluffed

shows her immense hand,
a royal flush but
we're already
all-in