Some Terrorible Company To Keep

Some Terrorible Company to Keep is a collection of poetic commentary on the nature of living in a corporate capitalist world and the complications of a prioritization of profit over people. Rickthepoetwarrior’s creative methods of offering social criticism are wide-ranging and truly unique. The author has created a dictionary of words that facilitate puns, plays on words, and double meanings that emphasize his arguments and viewpoints. He discusses everything in this work from the corrupt industries of diamonds to the false way corporations pretend to care about their customers through customization when in reality, it is a ploy. This in-depth collection of poems is both funny and oddly heartbreaking as the reader realizes the never-ending control of corporations and the prioritization of large corporations by the government over the people. The people are treated as cogs in a machine with few choices and the author finds infinitely creative and at times funny ways to illustrate this. There is a lot of complexity contained in this work including the often-racist nature of large corporations and lack of opportunities afforded to people of color. It is well-worth a read, particularly because the somewhat depressing content is balanced by the humor in the poetry.