This foolish man's
House upon the sand.
This five hundred million dollar
futile folly was
where I used to live with
my wife and five kids.
Before the walls were clad
with gold and finest silk
the floors decked in white marble
it was bare concrete with a straw roof.
wrm November 2008
Now the pools ripple blue.
The room's refrigerated travertine.
My uniform has changed, my workplace
a bar pillared with bottles.
Refreshing, greedy, overweights
who were never thirsty.
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