Bureaucracy
overrides jurisdictions
of many
because concerns with
the joneses
and geography.

Perpetual failure
denied by all involved.
Brought upon by
fickleness and
john wayne mentalities.

Solace in each
seeks to leave behind
the other
in a rat race of
enchantment with
globalization.
But each time one
catches up

in a rising phoenix,
it soon is shot back
in the running line.
Again and
again.