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“When the rich get too rich and the poor
get too poor, there is a way.”
…………….. —Pearle Buck, The Good Earth
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when the rich get too rich
the sky falls
when the poor get too poor
there is a way:
see what breaks
over a fault, plate
shoves plate
even stacked bullion falls
it’s a grim scene
when all work meets
on a ledge
when what’s raw
surges volcanic through
stone pipes, stifled hope
singes landscape,
plows plantations
under, sinks
mauled dreams,
exhaults valleys, scours peaks
till they’re buzz-cut
as a military head.
blazing air = karmic void
when the rich get too rich
…. day leaves
when the poor get too poor
…. night comes
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Jim Culleny, 2/9/12
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