Knock Knock, Open Wide

by Neil Sharpson

“When people turn on the light they think, ‘That’s because I paid me electric bill.’ And when they see the roads they think, ‘That’s ’cos I paid me taxes.’ But when they

wake up in the morning. And they’re alive. And there’s shape and meaning and order to the world. They never ask themselves, ‘Who paid for that?’ Deals, deals, deals. Nothing gets done in this country without someone getting paid under the table.”