Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Gold Miners

 they were old timers

they were gold miners

following another get rich scheme

packing up and heading west

doing what they thought was best

hoping to fulfill their wealthy dream


gold fever deep within the vein

sadly turning out the same

out of money they gave up their plan

going bust, they just stopped tryin'

left behind their rusty iron

leaving ugly scars upon the land



they were web designers

modern day forty-niners

mining from the corner office suite

checking fluctuating prices

trading crypto from devices

from towers made of steel and concrete


unlike the folks in forty-nine

they take risks of a different kind

livin' large in the land of milk and honey 

but as the clients lose their trust

the modern prospectors go bust

but they're losing other peoples' money