Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Is played everyday at my home
And I don't even know which buttons to press.
I recognize and memorize the songs of the set-up menus,
A mirror of daily life and the
Multitudes of decisions we unconsciously and
Constantly make.
These set-up menus,
Which take up more time than the game itself,
Determine the options of fate in the game.
Decisions made in the past
Continue to affect the future.

The game is on daily
And so accurate that I can now recognize soccer players
I have never met or even seen on TV.
Technology allows me access to information
I don't need or had no idea existed.

This video game--
Which critics may write-off as a waste of time--
Shows the ballet in soccer,
The consequences of semi-conscious actions,
And the benefits of working together.

If only Wall Street could apply these lessons,
Taking the time to make good decisions,
Like the set-up menus in PES 2009,
For the benefit of all,
Rather than think only of their individual fame and fortune,
Fucking over the team,
Our economy would not have crashed.