Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Socialist Sonnet No. 84

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Distressed by further wars’ futility,

It seems the measure of a country’s worth

Are the materials in its rare earth.

So, utility by utility

It can be closed down, disregarding lives lost.

Meanwhile, let wages fall as inflation

Rips through, blighting nation after nation,

And famine is an acceptable cost

It seems. Fossilised industries persist

In unleashing primeval carbon stored

In this rare Earth: its yields can’t be ignored

For people to live and not just exist.

Yet, capital’s advocates are untroubled,

As long as their dividends are doubled.

 

D. A.

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