Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Those Good Ol' Days

The U.S. robber barons built
Vast fortunes on the people's backs.
Perhaps in philanthropic guilt,
Some gave good works in public acts.
But more importantly they brought
Order out of chaotic times.
The best economy was wrought,
Helped by the robber barons' crimes.
The Wall Street wealthy of today
Will not repeat the Gilded Age.
The rich are like children at play,
Letting loose more chaos to rage.

One day all wealth will all be spent.
Won't be pretty where it all went.