7200
while atop the surface
of planet Earth humanity
all abustle skittering
to and fro, hither and yon
engaged in self important
activity yielding profits,
sans blood,
sweat and tears won
full throttle industrial
manufacturers quaking unstoppably
only intermittently pausing,
where managers
standing arms akimbo,
asper quizzical
looking hue cree ton
megaphone blaring
orders to underlings
so "Boss" tweed can line pockets
for his/her daughter and/or son
Head Honcho most aggrieved,
when red ink doth run
undermining the bottom line,
thus farming out labor
to distant places
(where wages
amount to pennies
on the dollar)
locals such as
Lake Woebegone,
Qum, Timbuktu,
et cetera where pun
gnashing war
king conditions tantamount
to slave labor,
yet scare other options open
hence able bodied men,
women and children scramble,
despite back breaking
grueling physically
exhausting grunt job
accepting second to none,
with nary any rest for weary
long as workweek
includes a mon
day, where bloodied
bare hands claw
purported Mother lode
with feigned frenzied zest
enterprise bolstered
via executive bank ministers
financing lucrative scheme
attended to by majordomo
attired in expensive vest
corporate investment
project elicits
quaffing, imbibing,
and chugging elixir
produced from
heavily guarded recipe
qua electric
kool aid acid test
where coeval business
men/women rest
assured bonanza
forecast upon
former green acres
hiding treasured quest
marginally concerned
such nettlesome
pillaging, ravaging,
torturing ranks
wealth driven
vanity as deleterious pest
shortsighted exploitation
money making embarkation
glorified as investment
nsync to feather nest
retirement funds despite
leaving the environ
ment messed
up, whereby future
generations saddled with
poorly bandaging
gentrifying, resuscitating
gaping wounds
upon Gaia at best
shortening quality of life
for all (poetry)
Earthlings aye attest.
