Culture Pirates

you supply demand for finite commodities but on the once bitten remixed record you condemn cultural piracy you mispronounce the mystical mantras some Deadhead crystal toting tour kid taught ya you are a new age consumer a culture commuter and your snake oil polluter bumps the latest slave bliss hits from your tuner as you sail your ship through a sterile sea to steal some pretty and or exotic thing you share drinks dollars and disease that's your idea of fair trading oh yes you set sail toward foreign culture sales clip coupons for clearance torture wracks bio-Pixar-pic mythologic sacred stories with Elton John audio tracks and collector-item-combo-meal indigenous wisdom with child menu Big Macs you sip from someone else's spring water bottle wears “Save Tibet” bumper sticker to hide the Made in China etching every square inch of your country store has got a flag the spirit of the land has got a clearance good riddance price tag along with a complementary Aztec tote bag not to mention the all natural handmade hemp hats to match your synthetic yoga mats you're all the rage at your Pirated Pilates class you buy what you lack with green backs repay their generosity with wasteland wagon tracks but eventually there will likely be a little legal confusion when the justice system shouts plagiarism for bite marks made from your literary allusions but don't worry until a fine tooth comb critiques your tracks you can keep making money standing on other people's backs