a derelict dream
of financial prosperity
gleams in each
deceiving smile
he offers the
photographer
white teeth
dead eyes
the film cannot
capture its
soulless subject
attention
shoppers
swallow the cyanide pill
and get in line
disregard humanity
engage in
intellectual suicide
sheep
mewling for a
millionaire's autograph
a Saturday morning
cartoon villain
with a pair of
henchmen and
a Yankee's ball-cap
who'll never realize
poverty isn't an
asset one can monetize
capitalism addles
brain cells and sets
brother against brother
a snake-oil peddler
selling hope for
$26.00 bucks a book
but when the people
have nothing left
to eat they will devour
the rich instead and
we are running
out of bread
Feb 3, 2016
Feb 3, 2016 at 10:44 PM UTC
a derelict dream
of financial prosperity
gleams in each
deceiving smile
he offers the
photographer
white teeth
dead eyes
the film cannot
capture its
soulless subject
attention
shoppers
swallow the cyanide pill
and get in line
disregard humanity
engage in
intellectual suicide
sheep
mewling for a
millionaire's autograph
a Saturday morning
cartoon villain
with a pair of
henchmen and
a Yankee's ball-cap
who'll never realize
poverty isn't an
asset one can monetize
capitalism addles
brain cells and sets
brother against brother
a snake-oil peddler
selling hope for
$26.00 bucks a book
but when the people
have nothing left
to eat they will devour
the rich instead and
we are running
out of bread
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