Overburdened Beasts of Burden
How should a man spend his time on this earth?
Chasing paper like a dog would its tail,
that he should crawl on his knees from his birth,
a slave to the rich for years without fail
filling their bank accounts beyond the brim,
yet his children hunger while the rich feast...
He buys the lands that they rent back to him
at such a price he must work like a beast
still barely providing for his own blood.
When the rich man dies, their children are set,
The rich get their tombs, the poor man his mud
Still buried beneath a mountain of debt.
Their last hope: their kids can break the cycle
No longer chained by bastards with titles.
Chasing paper like a dog would its tail,
that he should crawl on his knees from his birth,
a slave to the rich for years without fail
filling their bank accounts beyond the brim,
yet his children hunger while the rich feast...
He buys the lands that they rent back to him
at such a price he must work like a beast
still barely providing for his own blood.
When the rich man dies, their children are set,
The rich get their tombs, the poor man his mud
Still buried beneath a mountain of debt.
Their last hope: their kids can break the cycle
No longer chained by bastards with titles.
© Jeremy L. Heath, 2026. All rights reserved
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