Obelisks of avarice, building towers of vanity Shielded from consequence in opulent majesty I shall avert my gaze From the profanum vulgaris Shunning the needy and the lame Those fit only to serve us Corpulent gluttons prepare for the feast Ravenous hunger, the dine on the weak Egotist your avarice knows no bounds Still you sit indignant on your throne of greed Covetous hoarder of wealth, your lust for gold so obscene Yet emptiness still fills you inside, the blight of the soulless king Vultures circling above the carrion Corpses picked clean in a lightless dawn Predators of rapacity Insatiable voracity Manipulators expand the divide Pitiful plebeians, the common herd I decry