Spoils and Plunder
The spoils of war and plunder
Are not just evident in statues;
Also in institutions, estates and mansions
And enterprise without virtue.
Slavery was not restricted
To race and places.
It was evident in factories,
Mills and mines with familiar faces.
Those same plunderers
Profiteers and warmongers
Now sit on boards, and in government
A wicked bunch of bunglers.
In a range of institutes
Exerting privilege and power
Robber Barons in suits
Getting richer by the hour.
Opher – 18.6.2020