concrete reality

this universe provides concrete reality
hard truths wasted on soft minds
all towing the corporate line
thinking someday they will get theirs
the corner office and the company car
too afraid to acknowledge they never will
while spitting out political and business jargon
criticizing the masses who have long since given up
the poorest knowing the game is played by many
but won by a few and never by them
while those at the top laugh at those who think like them
dress like them and act like them
all the while keeping the prize for themselves
those who do without know that a little more
is so much worse than none at all
especially when a little more is all you will ever get
rags to riches meets rags to dishes
as fingers worked to the bone wipe away dreams by the hour
and most of the tired poor huddled masses
die never knowing they lost game the minute they stepped onto
the concrete reality