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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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