Thomas Malthus: Though his work predated the 1834 Poor Act, his Malthusian population theories argued that poor relief encouraged population growth and laziness. This encouraged the attitude that the poor are a different species. Bring on the oligarchs.
Charligos
I don’t know what the ceiling
is,
I shudder as the feeling is
higher than my
earnings is
I am a different species
Got me reaching for
marmalade jar
reaching for Pooh’s honey
bar
rated by someone who
sells a car
I am a different species
Don’t be fooled by their speed of talk,
or how they choreograph their walk,
on the ocean like a bobbing cork,
they are the different species.
No human ability to empathise,
or generous capacity to sympathise,
only of wealth do they fantasise,
they are the different species.
Their raison d’etre to amass gilt,
fully committed to the hilt,
without a momentary feeling of guilt,
on stealing from lower species.
Time to curtail their rampant greed,
the rest of us have a greater need,
time to corral the demon’s seed,
in a place for that species.
©David L Atkinson February
2026
God Bless
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