7200
Gold and silver upholds
true value
capitalist money tree
Thrown down upon gaunt
lit alter of Midas,
treasured as current sea
Countless denominations
cashiered their
legal tender to grant
Rich Midas, who straddles
diamond compound,
billed as sacred Kant
Tickles with dollar signs
motley crue scrambling
towards drawbridge gate
Pedestrians malingering
hungry thirst
for wealth
of nations to satiate
Inexorable appetite
for wanton money to amass
Fuels reverence
all that glitters even brass
Whence madding crowd
behaviour
cruel and crass
Deplorable if perceived
from one-way
looking glass
Fool hardiness
to revere
what beast
called money,
lucre, and green back
Can buy -
sweeping across
World Wide Web
scarring globe
on fast track
Toward accumulating
high excess
lavish life harried style
And parade with pomp
and swiftly tailored
circumstances while
Ninety nine percent
of less wealthy
live hand to mouth
Envying those billeted
behind sealed mansions
east, west,
north and south
Except this
dollar less chap,
who could not give
a rat’s tush
For ka-ching
melodic sound
twenty four seven
that does swoosh
In burlap sack clothes
and bank accounts preferring
to slog and push
Along boulevard
of broken dreams
that resembles
nothing but mush
Yet preference prevails
foregoing attachment
to government
sanctioned loot
Freeing mind
and body trying
to cherish
voluntary simplicity,
which does suit
This quest for
knowledge seeking writer,
who disparages
tooting his horn to toot
Nor imposing
personal philosophy
that gives reason
exuberantly to exhale
Versus vacuity
and purposelessness
sans, blind faith
toward Holy Grail
Goading most people
to persevere
for millions of bucks
over hill and dale
Despite owning
next to nothing,
yet detaching psychological
bond that doth choke
Ability to experience
unfettered psyche
likened to oxen
iron bound yoke!
