Dubai a sort of oasis

It has risen like a huge mushroom cloud
Rises high
Out of the desert and into the sky
Affluence opulence a clawing way
Of drawing the froth from the western decay
Into a hotch potch of islamic traits
Where you hope for the best
And may wish you had skates
For the etheric mood can swing badly away
And the foreign intentions just could spoil your day

A so called mecca the lure for those who
Want a tax free abundance and a sky that is blue
Where the worlds tallest buildings and the propertied are
Excessive service the penthouse the spa
Prosperity riches resources we see
The rich and the famous all want to be
Designers refiners investors all see
Wonderful night life this the mis- east
Created with oil that black oozing beast

Lavish profusion wasteful disregard
Consumerism life out here is hard
For the influx of workers soon becoming slaves
Who are building the skyscrapers and finding their graves
Arrive long before their life expectancy
For hundreds are dying like flies actually
Very poor wages a dollar an hour
On arriving their passports are taken and their power
Gone they are now at the mercy of those
Excited entrepreneurs who suppose

Everythings possible all that we do
Is throw millions of dollars an an enlightening crew
Expect the ants to just slave day and night
Creating the dreams from the nightmares in spite
Of hope and exhaustion still what we see
Is a large migrant base in a new purgatory
You can just feel the angst and the anguish out there
Eternal damnation with so few unaware
The grief and the sadness the wretchedness too
6-12 in a room abused yes all through

Harshness and sexual abuse comes to mind
Maids and western women can readily find
Harassment and rape and just no where to go
The severity of this its out there on show
Too many demons in shadows do lurk
Trials and tribulations at play and at work
A mixture of cultures patriarchal displays
Of evil intent and frightening displays

The marketings crazy its bedlam abroad
High flyers are wanted if they can afford
The great loss of freedom and potential that can be
Inflicted upon them and rapidly
They possess no contracts and remain unpaid
And there is a huge death toll with no one to aid
Those who are ailing for nobody cares
No unions permitted and so much that scares
The daylights out of folks despite copious prayers

Women can fall into much disrepair if raped or assaulted
Then they must share a cell with perhaps 30 poor cell mates who
Left without resource its terribly true
All the rich sportsman are lured to the place
Indulged with the showiness the airs and the grace
The theatricality the demonstrativeness
Pompous and pretentious and high sounded stress
Abuse it is everywhere in shadow land
In the light on the beach in hotels all is grand
If you have it you get it,if you havent you will find
That hell comes and quickly to just blow your mind

On a course where the low life and gutter take hold
Where hostility grabs you the glitter of gold
Might have tempted you here might have worked up your spit
But the loathing and intolerance where it does sit
Is rich in dissension and hostility
The enemy cometh and vile it can be
Lost in a land without passport or friend
And the embassy neglects you even to the end

The paradise offerred may be turned on its head
If you are an ethiopian maid who is led
To work with a family and realise you
Must give of yourself or be broken into
Raped or attacked and have just no recourse
They have your passports and they take you by force
Beat you and maim you and do terrible things
For you are a women and they are the kings

There is no respect misogynists rule
Such moroseness and beatings are given they do
Suffer so much at the hands of the men
Villains and vandals who only know when
They want what they want and they just take it too
And they beat up the women until they are black and blue
It just makes no sense to leave home and come here
To what is hell on earth, where you will live in fear

They do say its transition and things will be fine
But really you do have your neck on the line
If you havent got money enough to go home
Then you end up in jail with no where to roam
Maybe you will escape or end up dead
Thats what the illegal immigrants said
This is the paradise this is the place
Where oil drives the spend and where dreams all now chase
The stony indifference the uninmaginative goal
The billionaires excesses the priveleged role
Of gamblers investors rich bankers galore
Who come to expect an obedient whore

This is Dubai a jewel in the sea sparkling azure
As blue as can be
If you are the master then mistresses will
Be lined up to take even blood they will spill
But if you are a slave to their evil intent
Then draconian laws will make such a dent
On your waking soul for violence will be
there Without question thats a guarantee.