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The Mid Atlantic Riviera Politicians gamble their careers to get it done Their pensions padded, In case they are discovered, Selling the county deed – For a hand full of beads. To Developers who build or sue To lay the foundation For the New Order of the Mid Atlantic Riviera Buying up open space, To build more MacMansions, Upscale outlet malls, Private country clubs And cobblestone quaintness To brighten up otherwise dreary little shore towns Whose burgomeisters are busy preparing The red carpet for the new blood royalty. Arrogant, yet frightened scincophants, Hoping for futures, As a doormen or lawn jockeys Eminent domain, Is their heavy hand. Paving the way, And everything else in sight, For a new breed Of gated community denizen Armed with a cell phone GPS, And tazer Day tripping through suburbia, Skirting around the county in German cars, A flash of diamond, The scent of reptiles-- Submerge into a tinted glass world, Moving swiftly, but politely, Careful not to stoke the ire Of the local savages Families of worker drones Baby boomers Living out the glory days of the American dream Corporate ladders and expense accounts, High school sports, College educations And the United Way Foolishly proud of their ancillary existences Replete with pseudo erudite libraries Of classic literature, DVDs and video games Garages filled with motorcycles, jet skis, and lawnmowers Kitchens stocked with every plastic Appliance made in China… A lost tribe… But soon to be fossilized in the strata Beneath the layers of fine jewels, Silver and gold Gone too will be the Bennies, The Wildebeests of the North, Their herds diminishing With every new animal house law Bar closing and curfew, No longer welcome down the shore The county's got a master plan. Up go the settlements, Down go the neighborhoods. You can own a piece of the waterfront, Live in a sandcastle by Hovnanian, That blocks out the afternoon sun, Of a beach that prohibits every intrusion, Fortified with leading edge surveillance technology, By peoples of a lesser distinction, Like surfers and fisherman A beachfront boundary, strictly enforced By pimply faced youths in police uniform knockoffs, Or laid off business managers Broken down and reconditioned, With loud radios Ready to guide any unauthorized human Away from the comfort zone Of the Mid Atlantic Riviera Their collective eyes following every glitch, Every benign contusion In the wall of this bubble of paradise Whose every facet is tailored to meet The desires and habits of these new interlopers The final form of human parasite -- Yet evolved…. The paradigm of extravagance A fitting remnant to be left behind By a future Tsunami That will sneak up on them someday, While they snack on cock tales and caviar, And wash them away A fitting epitaph for their mocking towers in the sand But, until that time, They will have their reign, At His Satanic Majesty's Request, A playground by the sea, A casino on the skyline, A French chateau in Freehold, A Tiffanies in Tinton Falls They bask in threads by Versace and Gucci, Time share private jets for half a mil', Sail in yachts that resemble hotels, Life is but a dream! You start out in a MacMansion and End up in a castle by the sea! Long live Luis the XIV! Rococo all around! So get busy and ‘cull' the geese and deer, Kick out the Black Bear and turkey vulture, Put them in the history books Like prairie bison and the passenger pigeon Their existence threatens our eyes And defiles our view Let's start out there And we'll end up with you! Let it come to pass, The Gods have returned to Earth Central New Jersey will be their dominion, An oasis for breeding and the extermination Of any Homo Erectile dysfunctionate Competing for space In their newfound paradise Jobs, institutions and military bases Will be shipped out to make room For crystal palaces and gingerbread villages Where the delta Survivors will be relegated to service Until the drone clones are complete Then the State stem cell incubators Can extend their lives forever And heaven itself Will pale in the grandeur of Their Silver Cities beside the Sea Poetry Ad-Free Upgrades Vote for this poem
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