A poem by: Ben Dunk. 1977

ULTIMATE TALE

Religious and political affiliation,

boosted-birth and gifted finances –

render no conscience conciliation,

when responsible for personal advances.

There is no success achieved on earth,

by man in his perpetual strife,

which has more length and girth,

than a personalized self-made life.

But, woe to the head-man of obsession,

who, treads on and kneads who he can,

for, he expires in a depth of recession;

dissatisfied, lonely, regretful and wan.