If your zeal for wealth
Drills holes in sacred forests
If you are ill enough to will it all forever
Will it all to your next of kin now and ever
All of which you did not toil to gather
None of which came from your own harvest
What will kill you is moneypox
If you till the ground
Not for green nor for grain
But for gold and for dusty gain
If you fill your pocket to the brim
Till it begins to drip
To drip not into parted hungry lips
But into bloated bellies of VIPs
You are suffering from moneypox
If you are in a state of insatiable greed
If that makes you feel to sow no seed
But to reap where you do not sow seed
If that makes you hunt money no matter the cost
To mint more coins to fill your storehouses
If you dare to kill your own
Just to own it all
You have been afflicted by moneypox
If your malady breeds greediness in sleepless degrees
If that malady does not feel like malarial fever
But reeks of a pecuniary flavour
If you cough out venom on those less of privileges
And you call them lazy and accursed
And then hang them on the fringes
You are infected with moneypox
A modest remedy you need to seek
If you are sick and tired of staying poor
And you think to reap from the poor
If you hesitate to assist the poor
But you hasten a tightened fist toward the poor
If you push a bitter pill down a poor throat
If you breathe out only to air your desire for riches
You are sick and tried by moneypox
If you are plagued by the pain of sharing your plenty
But you plan to gain from a dire adversity
If you are fatigued by the pleas of the deprived
But you are obsessed with showing off your means of living
If you look on with glee at their depravity
But you spread your wealth on mere luxuries
You are plagued by moneypox
If you don’t feel at ease
In the midst of those of little means
If you can’t dole out even a dime
To become their financial lifeline
If you disguise how you despise the destitute
But you rehearse how to pour praises on the bourgeoisie
Then you are dying from moneypox
If you force the monkey to work hard
For the baboon to take the wages
If you take the wages
For work done by the ghost workers
If you decline the wages
Of those offering honest labour
Then your disease can be diagnosed with ease
