Plutography

The A-listers pass in revue

For us plebeians to covet their days

While it proves to be certainly true

That libidinous notoriety pays

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The Kardashian and Hilton mythos

Is built from a house of cards

Their hands of aces play Narcissus

To legacies untoward

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Come join us with no possessions

I wonder if you can Imagine

Said the man worth a hundred million

Whose double fantasy died for our sins

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American Express in green, gold, and black

Are our chosen emperors' new clothes

Each decade pulls popstars off the rack

To accrue on our plaque and adipose

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Sex tapes and red carpet arrivals

Two things of the same exact ilk

Portend relevance's survival

And make the cows worth more than their milk

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Where is noblesse oblige

Toward those who're less endowed?

Is it an ethos, non-starter implied

Toward those who've been disavowed?

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Our age of media plutography

Covers the lives of the rich and famous

Invoking offensive pornography

From each beautiful ignoramus

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