Earth Inheritance

When the sun rises
and radiates 
throughout the city
the spotlight glistens off
commerce cathedrals

awaiting a fresh stampede
of gorging capitalists
manipulating global commerce

Meanwhile

way beneath
the sky dwellers 

the homeless 
consigned to
designated zones below

shiver in the shadows

Dignity gone

they rummage 
in the deadly vortex
of minimum existence

scrounging
to survive
these free falling days 

while praying 
for the coming apocalypse

which they know
will level
the playing field