The poet said, “They have come in
with bags full of cash and no manners.”
That clicked with the listener.
He thought of the person who,
without a hint of self-reflection
nor a moment of hesitation,
said, “I dropped a ton of
money into this place and I deserve a
private beach,”
and all the Beemers tearing down
the street like they own it,
and obviously well-heeled women
at farmer’s markets blithely
nudging others out-of-the-way
on the way to
the kale.