It is a triumph
of free enterprise, surely,
that in 2024 our country is
lucky to have 159 billionaires
with a total wealth of $503
billion.
Australians all, let us rejoice:
The desperate-to-play soccer
seven-year old whose parents
cannot afford
soccer club fees;
the old woman who may as well
live in a shoe, cramping in the
cold
of her car, her home – her rent
now paid
in rego fees and petrol prices;
the farmer who wants a life
and cannot even think about
those who will have to scrape his
body parts from the tree into
which
he so desperately drives;
those whose hopes and dreams
are sacrificed in dozens of types
of gambling; the tjilpi
drawing circles
in the dust with his toes, while
the mining
company rips at the treasures
beneath his feet.
And I haven’t even
scratched the surface yet
of the hurt and despair…
But there are 159 billionaires
Who make us what we are
“Young and free”
The rich man in his castle
The poor man at his gate
There’s no greater love
Than feeling class hate.
23 April 2024
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