Plutocracy pollution
Unmask the misery ahead
Hurry, there is no time to waste
Twisted words revealed
A strangled truth
Left hanging by a line
I challenge you to know
The indifference that divides
Justified by deep pockets
By no means justifiable
We live in uncivilised times
Dystopia knocks at the door
Setting the fashion for more
Wealth worshipped, led us astray
For the lack of wisdom cannot hide
A logical process of give and take
The laws of balance govern all
Dethrone the kings, tax the rich
For the generation left begging for life
The hour strikes, time’s up, act now!
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in The Precipice, Camille’s third contemporary poetry collection. Plutocracy pollution explores the moral corrosion of power — exposing a world distorted by greed, where truth is throttled, inequality is defended, and urgency becomes its own form of political reckoning.