Slot Machines

Noble dross in minted musings,
carved coinage from starving souls,
counterfeit silver of greed's stamping
gambled in fate's casino.

Jingling in lamenting moans
ignored by tyrant's hands
feasting upon the lucre
ripped from abused lives.

Ravenous fingers
ignore
suffering's fount of tears
inside the slot machine
that never has winners.