[Newspoetry] rich people in space

[Joe Futrelle]

The world's attention elsewhere,
0-aire J. Q. Public burrowed deep underground,
amidst detritus and filth,
one of billions.

Controversy was muted at best, competition
for the underworld confined mostly to worms
and the dead

For what it's worth, gravity decreases
minutely as you burrow, and it gets imperceptibly warmer.
You cannot fall through layers of atmosphere
crisped like a shooting star
or get punctured by fragments of the ionosphere.

If you can buy your way onto a space station
can a space station tax its way into our hearts?
Can money buy an antidote to tear gas
or the cure for sulfur farts?

--
Joe Futrelle
editor-within-chief
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