Poets love economics Like dogs love firetrucks There's howling to do When these beasts Interrupt a quiet day Utility is a pole None can exactly pull down But it can be supported Or denied The right to string a line Supper demand Is no curve It's flat and cruel and now What does it matter To shine a beatlight On that hunger If a hand could feed not type What is a role, anyway A manufacturer A habit A repetition for someone else And yet gifts Do not assign power From plant to substation They rather endear responsibility And even language Can feed that beast