1 million spent here, 1 million dropped there.
No big deal, right?
The regular world revolves while
walstreet spins and accumulates.
The rich get richer.
The poor starve.
Never enough.
vs.
Too much.
Scavengeing for the next meal
or searching for the next mansion.
Both feel equally important.
One could save a life.
The man in the street
stares in disbelief.
The limo driving by him never slows
as it nicks the edge of his shopping cart,
sending him spinning to the ground.
The politician in the backseat
tells his driver keep going.
"He's not a taxpayer, anyway"
1 million spent here, 1 million dropped there.
No big deal, right?
I love this. So insightful! : ) Good Job!
ReplyDeleteWow. That's really powerful. It really makes you think about how people can live their lives oblivious to others.
ReplyDeleteGreat work!
What a great poem (and political statement)...I feel like you should be saying this to bongos at dimly lit poetry reading somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI espeically love the Wallstreet spins and accumulates line.
And the limo segment is great...it would be great if you did a whole poem just in the limo car as well. Or from the point of view of the shopping cart man.
Just an idea. . .