Inequality

Seductive is the spectacle of trade

without restraint, with opportunities

for all, a booming bubbling cavalcade

of bounty and bonanza, guarantees

of profit, super yacht and private jet,

and pomp, festoon, champagne and caviar,

from Shangri-la to Xanadu, roulette

a single color in a world bizarre,

a realm of gold beneath the ocean tide.

The willing heirs to this magnificence,

as progenies of plutocratic pride,

embrace their roles in their inheritance.

 

And just outside this sea of plenitude

are tattered urchins asking coins for food.