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Inequality

As we climb great heights

we forget the grounds below.

 

Much like mountainclimbers,

people earning more money

than their friends tend to be

greedier, selfish, ignorant and egotistical.

 

CEOs, for example,

tend to forget those on foodstamps.

In fact, their salaries are 484 times that

of the average worker.

Helloooo 20 vacation homes!

 

Inequality is rising in this country

at an alarming rate.

 

The top 1% owns about 80%

of the wealth in our country.

 

What can I say?

Those few mountainclimbers

can't even look past their noses.

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