Fighting

I hear them fighting

all day long

I hear them fighting

in this office 

and the next office

in this room

and the next room 

in this house 

and the next house

on this street

and the next street

I hear them fighting 

in this city

and the next city

in this country

and the next country

I hear them fighting

and they fight

for what's mine

and what's yours

for who's right 

and who's wrong

I hear them fighting 

about making money

and losing money

I hear them fighting

about having too much 

and not enough

about who's to blame 

and who's not to blame

I hear them fighting

about promises

about expectations

about what was meant

and not meant

about what was said

and not said

I hear them fighting 

for compensation 

I hear them fighting 

for restitution

reimbursement 

redress

repayment 

retribution

retaliation

revenge

I hear them fighting

all day long

and it sounds 

like a clock

that will never stop.