Beaming with pride
after collecting your new car
from the garage forecourt.
Carefree as you drive
through the city streets
observing the envious eyes
on your new transport.
Not that you mind
those jealous looks
you were once in their shoes
but now you have a fat chequebook.
Now you are the king
of all you survey
after deciding nothing
was ever going to get in your way.
It did not matter
when you decided to break the rules
to make sure you rose
to the top of life’s cesspool.
You never worried about
the families you destroyed
after you made
them all unemployed.
Now sitting here
in your shiny new car
you are oblivious to their troubles
as you light another expensive Cuban cigar.
