Pure Folly

 

Elon Musk bought a planet,

With every Xtra that goes with it.

Today’s billionaires have bigger follies,

Than old mill bosses, or owners of a pit.

Their desires become immaterial,

As whims are dished on golden plate.

They dance around the rule of law,

With the Metaverse told their reign is great.

 

They wring our world of its resources,

Act ignorant to what happens next.

Ask us to buy their promises and lies,

In tirades of truth social post and text.

Allies to the despots, spread around the Earth,

They conspire to expand their greed.

Right or left-foot jackboot ever ready,

To crush those most in need.

 

There will be no revolution,

As we all accept our fate.

Lessons that we didn’t learn,

No longer in debate.

We close our mouths and nod our heads,

Cower in shadows they create.

Whilst our world burned to a cinder,

We died, but so did they: GREAT!