Different Party Same Ditch

i made that first million dollars
a thousand times over
laboring…
at the bottom of
a ditch

i made non-union laborer wages
two, maybe three times over
photographing…
the neocon takeover of
the bottom
of our ditch

i made less-than dishwasher money
fewer than two, maybe three times over
photographing…
the neoliberal takeover of
the bottom
of our ditch

funny
how empire works

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