They say, “Build from the bottom & out from the middle”.
Yet, “bigger, faster, better” played Rome & that fiddle.
That was intended for projects that humans complete.
Now, “bottom up, middle out’s” an impossible feat.
For, there is no middle around these parts anymore.
Not least, but last, the bottom’s just gradients of poor.
Then, there are miles of altitude to get to the top.
There’s not really many there… & it’s such a long drop.
Precariously high fortunes are hard to defend.
They’d rather burn it all down & start over again.
L.B.Stowe 