[Michael Cantor]

Not bad. I'm normally not a fan of sci-fi-ish poetry, but this one bumps so quickly along - and ends with such a delightful couplet - and doesn't really focus on the sci-fi stuff - that it works for me.

[Charlie Southerland]

I liked the title which was fine. I also like the opening 4 lines. N must have gone through a time warp for Branson and Gates to be Martians though. Terraforming is quite a ways off at best, so that knowledge led me away a little. It strays a little too far into environmental and swings back to the reality of life on Mars. The final dig at Earth promotes the intelligence of the Terraformers and their ingenuity. We've learned from our past mistakes Earthlings, now screw you. It's an OK poem with potential.

[Quincy Lehr]

A bit derivative of this, perhaps?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53llV2Nw3g

[Martin Rocek]

Quincy,
thanks for the link. Hilarious!

The poem itself is well-constructed and funny.

[Jennifer Gordon]

Kick me for watching too much anime, albeit not lately, this happy suggestion of the wealthy being extraterrestrials depicts their heartless attitude conveyed pointedly in that concluding couplet, only too correctly as the gods they verily are.

Flowing beautifully from start to caustic finish, forgive me if I mistakenly think it Shakespearean. After that, I unconsciously forced the rhyme in L12, a common procedure among amateurs, typically.

Rather clever and lightly done, it is a regular beauty.