An Extract from This Month's Release: Corporate Take-Over (Another 365 Days of Poetry)

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a.

 

Corporate Take-Over

 

Written on April 4, 2019, for the May 6 entry of Another 365 Days of Poetry, this piece takes a look at what form corporate dealings might take in the future.

 

The planet fell beneath the rain

of fire from foes and friends.

It fell beneath the tramp of boots,

the gleaming armor trends,

but they were just 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 both 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 the corps are evil,

although most of them aren’t good,

but this one needed people,

and loyalty it understood.

 

 

Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Design, and links to 366 Days of Poetry can be found on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a.