Wednesday's Verse - Corporate Take Over

This week’s verse moves from  a science fiction poem about future colonists to a science fiction verse about debt collection in the future. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2019.

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Corporate Take Over

The planet fell beneath the rain

Of fire from foes and friends.

It fell beneath the tramp of boots

The gleaming armour trends

But they were but the final straw,

The last invading curse

The planet had fallen long before

To the greed of man and worse

To his treachery and betrayal

As he pursued his fortune own

At the expense of all he’d brought

With promises of wealth shared and owned

The planet fell without a cry

To the corporate debt collectors

For the people who had followed him

Were not the only victims he’d selected

But he had chosen poorly

Those he wished to scam

And when they brought the big guns

He left the world and ran

The planet fell ‘neath corporate tread

And the people still rejoiced

For now they saw their children fed

and new careers for the ones they’d lost.

For not all corps are evil

Although most of them aren’t good

But this one needed people

And loyalty understood.

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd