tempered in imbalance

trust fund kids
are ruining my
class' curve

upsetting the balance
of class consciousness
in the department

surely i benefit
from past choices
but largely these were

my own sacrifices
my own toil
my own late-night oil

if only I didn't
have to be the baker
of my own bread

I wouldn't have
to be a faker instead
nor would I be rising

in the heat of sucess
at least one step
up from where I started.