All Spun from a Human Yarn

God is an idea abstracted from

The best of human qualities;

And the Market likewise exemplifies

The worst of our propensities.

Between the two is Religion

Which brokers our best and worst

By keeping both in good humour

From baptism to the hearse.

War is the enterprise

That proves our loyalty

To Nation, Market, Religion—

Enriching Trinity.

Badri Raina