Incantation

What do we pay for?
We pay for the familiar touch
We pay for the arranged letters
We pay for the laughter
We pay for the glass tubes and boxes
We pay for the windows open
We pay for the ambition
We pay for the front row
We pay for the slick pavement
We pay for the waves
We pay for the other fools
We pay for the stock tips
We pay for the lapdogs and fishtanks
We pay for the air quality
We pay for the power converter
We pay for the drink
We pay for the enemy
We pay for the isotope
We pay for the french cut
We pay for the history of it
We pay for the extension of the regime
We pay for the march
We pay for the exchange of rocks
We pay for the fear
We pay for the potato cutter
We pay for the seance
We pay for the force of the eyes