Ninety-Nine Percent

POETRY 24

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written for them but not submitted

NINETY-NINE PERCENT

We are the Ninety-Nine Percent.

We are without flaw.

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Among the milling thousands are

Saints,

Philanthropists,

and

People Who Hug Trees.

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If only we were in charge,

War would end,

Poverty would disappear

and 

There would be Fair Shares For All!

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Only One Percent of humanity is

Wicked,

Grasping,

Stealing lollipops from babies,

And being all-round nasty.

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Now we 

Occupy the City.

One day we will

Occupy the World.

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Paradise!

Heaven!

Nirvana!

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I wonder.

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SPICE OF LIFE!

If variety's the Spice of Life

You certainly have it here!

A display in a little shop window,

Each picture a perfect sphere!

And there am I, with my shopping-bag,

Repeated again and again,

Sometimes recognisable

And sometimes not so plain.

I find it fascinating

That each picture that we see

Is just a little bit different

From the next, but not totally.

And over it all looms the shapeless ghost

Of the lady going 'Click!'.

Now here's a little question.....

Which 'me' would you pick?
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