Billionaire Poetics*

Lucas Burkett

I’m calling today
to raise awareness
about sad billionaires.

Did you know
a billionaire dies
every 82 years?

#BillionaireLivesMatter

Start the conversation!
Don’t loot

a private museum
of lobster
caviar frittatas!

They’re saving it
for a special occasion!

Stay hungry! Stay foolish!
Stay inside your urinal.

Now bow your head
and beg
the Lord’s blessing.

*previously published in Clockwise Cat

Lucas Burkett is trying to vibe with the apocalypse but is failing at it. A couple of years before the pandemic began, Lucas handed out samples at Costco, and a suburban dad once threatened to jump him in the parking lot because Lucas ran out of kefir samples for the patron’s daughter to try. Lucas’ poetry has appeared in Fanzine, Twyckenham Notes, Versification, Clockwise Cat, and other magazines. He lives in Goshen, Indiana, with his wife and their dog. Lucas hopes never to work in retail again. Twitter: @LukacsFor3