"To Live and Die in Capitalism" is a work of poetry created by Roxanna Gómez Sequeira on March 3, 2007.

1. Venice Beach, California, USA — December 1, 2013
To Live and Die in Capitalism
By Roxanna Gómez Sequeira
For Winston Flores and his father
Mr. Cirilo Flores, RIP
You work so hard
To sustain your family
Only to be crushed
By the weight of poverty
The frailty of your body
Gave way to deformity
Extinguishing your energy
It’s crippling effects
Took your last breath
A cost is attached
One to be burdened
By your nearest of kin
You left this society
One of debt and slavery
The cruelty of economic depravity
The insanity
Of a capitalist reality
The hardship of a family
And
The monetary possibilities
For a funerary ceremony
Laboring
To live
And
Having no where
To die
This is the capitalist life