As the World turns

look East they chanted
look East, look East
and they did
the vanquished was lavish
in their achievements
hail sons of the Rising Sun

work hard o' children of toil
till the land
cut the hills to make plantations
sully the water
who cares, they are for monkeys
what...you need that for survival
monkeys or humans
choose....

oh look the money's coming
ker ching ...ker ching
lets spend it on a ship
an old used one
that will never sink
the rest of the money is mine

give us money more money
wait.. lure an investment, more investments
look further ...look
hah!
the land of the sickle and hammer
now merely seeing stars
once thought lowly
now together we make money

money money money
must be funny for them
with more money
than that could feed the poor
for years
in the jungle of Borneo.


*this poem was entered in a competition here. thank you for reading*