Five-Year Plan

Why are they cosponsoring a future set in crystal and gold
I will be next in line for an interview
And my Five-Year Plan is stereoscopically polished
showing tractors
wheat spread across limitless steppes
rewards for everyone

We all have our Five-Year Plans
Why do so many end up wielding rough-hewn weapons
across devastated landscapes
through hostile populations
that don't fill out pre-incursion polls

Andy Oram
November 6, 2019

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