exodus

alas alas
it’s that goddamn creative class
they’re leaving us high and dry
could they be bored
or minimally more adored
if they apply their talents elsewhere

intellectually strapped and disillusioned
stifled and categorized unpatriotic
to cure and build and create and employ
the backlash all seems idiotic
the residuals of fruits from their labor
would seem something we all should enjoy

so off they go to be paid via the euro
or maybe to that socialist blemish to the north
wherever they land
it would seem to stand
that someone else will benefit from their worth