Greed

Robber Barons

Judgment cometh and that right quick

as Wall Street is handed it's hat

The masses have had all they want

of the bankers who now grow fat

 

This week financial lids blew off

they protest the capital falter

Heart and soul of America

calling for blood upon the altar

 

Their pensions are all washed away

the river has stolen their future

Legacies left to great grandchildren

that bleed with every suture

 

The bankers should be commended

for the way they have stolen our dough

For once they lived up to their creed

showing us all their brand new low

 

What most are now upset about

that we were promised we wouldn't pay

Till our grandchildren all grew up

after we had all passed away

 

Today the masses took Wall Street

to find Robin Hoods evil twin

I thought they might tar and feather him

as they had done to his past kin

 

It wasn't long till the preachers

were stirring the seeds of discontent

Turning the heat up on the stew

hoping ingredients would ferment

 

We need not blame our religion

for the blow we now take on the chin

We knew they were snakes when we met

then opened the door to let them in

Author's Note

We all knew this could not go on forever. But human nature being what it is. We turned a blind eye to the politicians who spent our futures in earnest. We are not gods. We cannot take in 200 billion a month in taxes, then spend 340 billion a month on our hearts desire. Our beautiful country is mortgaged to the hilt. The ride is over and we now face the Reaper. The architects of our disaster will now have to face the throngs of the dispossessed. They may find they bit off too much this time. It seems the people want their country back!

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Your words are true in the Author's note. USA need to be ran like a business. If you read the budget. A lot of income going to places most people would not understand. I counted 346 billion in aid. for military to 40 countries. Time to watch the nickle and dimes. Wall Street did not do us in. Big pocket politicians did. Mrs. Obama took her family to Africa for seven day vacation. Spend close to 2 million for the trip on Air force one last month. We are fool's for allowing this. Thank you for the strong words and old photo.
Coyote

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

A well written, appropriate screed in fine poetic form. You really captured the essence of the 99%!
Awesome work.

[Jade Leilani]

How apropos...

[LadyNaida]

This is so true and unfortunately the government isn't getting any better with the monies they promise for different programs and people are left to wonder how they are going to make it. Awesome write.

How have you been?

[Wolf's Dark Song]

Brilliant writing. This is something that Washington did for they passed the laws that made this possible. Once upon a time robber barons we're viewed differently, they built great things like the railroads and used their money to support things like hospitals that Christian Churches built for everyone's use. But that was once upon a time.

[Me]

A wonderful poem

[Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin]

how true... i love what you have to say in lesser words... it's amazing!

[Jvl narasimharao]

I think your poem speaks of the financial crisis in your country.I think Americans surmount this problem soon.
yours sincerely,
JVL NARASIMHA RAO

[The Exception]

One doesn't need to be a genius to figure out that continous economic growth wouldn't last forever, now we need to find a new sustainable solution. The comsumer society era is coming to an end, but the worlds eyes wont open just yet, its gonna hit hard.

Great write as always, thanks for sharing.

[SM Davis]

Nicely done! You may get a kick out of reading the White Hats Reports. http://tdarkcabal.blogspot.com/p/white-hats-audio-clips.html

[Crow]

Well spoken truth of our past, for which I fear we are heading into the same cycle of history. I find the flow and the simple historical meaning to be symbolic and concisely phrased.