New Persona Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Your brother published a book, mom's Whatsapp
message says: a surprise as Tom Thumb was not
literary inclined before; detailing poaching glorious
rhinos with gory scenes explaining poor people need
the money for mere survival while rich profiteers stay
behind the scenes - stashing the money and paying
the destitute killers a pittance to keep them keen

The extract on the Internet is riveting, the language
mistakes enhance the story proving the author a wild-
life protector, not a literary professor, nor rich enough
to afford an editor & I ordered the book to read about
Tom Thumb's experiences in his wanderings through
the world & suddenly I realise: he's not Tom Thumb
any more, his new persona is Genghis Khan

Bent on revenge for the rhino deaths to splash on
meaningless luxury lives while their slaughtering
underlings need the money just to survive…