Plutomania

Plutomania is not a species to be sliced open and studied under a microscope.

It’s an insatiable hunger for wealth, pursued by any means necessary—the hunger of a certain class of people.

No coin is too small, no award belonging to another beyond their reach—hunger must be fed!

Not out of need to provide, but from a hunger to possess—feeding a hollow space as deep as the earth’s core, where enough never reaches the bottom.

Destruction follows the quest.

Jim Kelly, The Quiet Witness Poet, is a Southern California writer whose work explores democracy, race, caregiving, historical memory, faith, and social justice. His work has appeared in Litro Magazine, The New Verse News, Dissident Voice, Urban Pen Magazine, and Urban Poems. Read other articles by Jim, or visit Jim's website.