Name of the Game
Anything new?
Nepotism flourishes down the centuries
through empires and conglomerates.
It is the first and innate response
to ordering hierarchies, staying on top.
Oligarchs, moguls, mafia dons,
Howsoever a dirty word,
is no more only a matter of school ties
in and out groups, tribal networks
but re-named collectively
as world trade, Agri-business, multi-nationals, global syndicates
banking industry and commerce
- exchange rates, investment, interest;
the idolatrous world of lucre...
the kingpins: call me Jo or Moh!
Whose fooled? follow the dosh!
Whose implicated?
As of yore, cousins, sons, croneys, in-laws.
What new? Nowt!