Little ditty

The unbridled capitalist sits
upon his horse named Scam,
while millions go without,
Hippocrates be damned.

He stokes his ego
and he sips the air,
the deaths he sows
aren’t his affair.
The Black Marias haul
the peons away,
The ship of state rams
into the cay
of liberty.
9/5/2017

Published by Anne Birkam

I am a former librarian who has been writing poetry most of her life.

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