Life and times
Of the starved and striving
Earnest fools
Who deplore the art of thriving

They care not
For the honest fields
The finely tuned pastures
And the promise they yield

From upturned squalor
They stalk the opportune
Propelled by high hopes
And a proud, joyous tune

Life and times
Of the boastful and brash
Mad with desire
As they carelessly dash