Effort and Direction

Hooked, lined, sinkered,
I ate merit pills
Hard worked
And dreamed USA dreams

Pledged that my allegiance
Would abstract to the store
Paying consumption taxes
Modifying not the core

A road was paved
And Eisenhauer said it best too:
Plans are capital
But planning is religious

Credit shards fortified
This lovely cola drink
As I strove to quantify
My critical interlink