The Lampooning Poet

One who is frowned on by the town's upper class They look on his kind as ignorant and crass Since in his words he tries to drag tall poppies down The financially struggling poet from the poor side of town He knows of the hard life on Poverty Street Where like everyone else he must struggle just for to make ends meet At the poverty caused by inequality he feels quite perturbed He lampoons the wealthy in the written word By the highbrow literary critics one dismissed as not worthy of literary note To them just one more anti wealthy lampooning poet In lampooning the wealthy in his words the price he does pay You do not go into the cage of the lion as the wise one did say His poetic future is financially insecure As one who lampoons the wealthy in his words he can feel sure That he will never have a wealthy patron though he daydreams of wealth and fame Though neither of them he may have to his name.