Illusions of Growth

Title: Illusions of Growth

Initial US employment reports,
Overstated by 439,000 jobs in 2023,
A stark revelation, truth distort,
Masking the reality we long to see.

Manipulated figures fuel our hope,
Inflating the numbers to deceive,
But beneath the glossy economic scope,
Lies a system eager to misperceive.

Oh, the phantom jobs that never were,
Inflated like bubbles, soon to burst,
Do we dance on the edge of an illusion’s blur,
While the truth remains submerged and cursed?

For those who yearn for genuine gains,
Transparency and truth must be unfurled,
Let us break free from these fallacious chains,
Seeking a world where honesty is imperiled no more.

Keywords: employment reports, overstated jobs, truth, illusion, manipulation, transparency