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Tomorrow's Property of the Rich and Powerful

Reasons to be Angry - Part 2 - An Acrostic

By Paul StewartPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read
Tomorrow's Property of the Rich and Powerful
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Servitude enforced, whether for sex, domestics, cons, crime, labour or war

Little ones, older ones, females and males, foreigners trapped in foreign lands, people the most prized commodity, for the most despicable

All enslaved, without choice, all forgotten, without voice

Versions and variations exist throughout the world

Endlessly hopeless situations. where life and death is in the balance

Reality hurts, the truth is painful, the lies conveninent, the fascade comforting

Yesterday's displaced, stolen, or thrown away garbage humans, are tomorrow's property of the rich and powerful.

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Thanks for reading.

I know this is not a cheerful or inspiring piece, but I've got a lot of anger about certain things in the world that I can do very little about, so I am going to express that anger this way - poetically. This is the second part of my Reasons to be Angry series. You can check out the first part here:

You can also, if so inclined, take a look at some other pieces I recently published, like:

You can also take a look at my profile for the rest of my work here.

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

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