wrapped around
the former majesty
that was Factory City
Weeds breed unrestrained
blasting through
the cracks of forgotten time
Beauty long ago drained
from our forgotten garden
Strategically abandoned
when the money migrated
to more cost efficient climes
Generations of worker bees
classified as collateral damage fall out
were systematically erased
Down trodden victims
of the man made economic drought
Blue collar refugees
from the outsourcing calamity
of the late 20th Century
Today the modern scourge
has begun to scrub away
the white collar class
as the money flows
to the sweat shop
cyber linked jobs
of the third world
The leveling effect
of capitalistic greed
where the one time haves
are rapidly becoming
the have nots
as the bottom rung
of unwashed masses
finally move up to get their shot
The total global
redistribution of income
Not the class revolution
Marx envisioned
but the financial evolution
of capitalist history
One group’s untimely demise
is another’s prosperity
So these nasty weeds
we are currently choking on
on the flip side
are blossoming flowers
in lands formerly barren
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