Eight Billion People
Today, eight
billion people or so
Did not
dispatch drones and missiles to kill
Neighbours,
didn’t intimidate or instil
A sense of
fear. Mostly they’re content to go
About their
lives without any glister
Of gold
braid, tittles or honours. Indeed,
It’s only
too clear where such awards lead:
A-lister
scratching the back of A-lister.
They aren’t
trafficers for sex or cheap labour,
Those who
exploit the weak and distressed,
Whose only
real interest is interest,
Who believe
neighbour should exploit neighbour.
Better by
far the eight billion would choose
To live
otherwise than those in the news.
D. A.
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