Over the edgeA Poem by Baby RicochetThe America I came home to in 09What's all this talk about a big fiscal cliff Most folks have already been thrown off of it Into an ocean of high interest s**t They take a fiscal stick and beat you with it
Credit card offers coming out of their a*s They said it's like getting a never pay pass With all that interest you'll never get past We should have known it was to good to last
All those mortgages so many signed on Were concocted by a deranged leprechaun Rubbing his hands and waving his wand Abracadabra another loan con
What's all this weird a*s fine print about You'd need a tax lawyer to figure it out What am I signing off at closeout Is Ebenezer Scrooge somewhere about
Just close your eyes and sign on the line It's OK pookey everything will be fine Don't worry yourself if you get in a bind We have the perfect lending design
We spent like ADD kids in a big candy store Went back to the bank and said gimmi some more Bad waters were rising on a bear market shore We all had amnesia this had happened before
Then came the great depression of 2008 Quick sell that house oh s**t it's to late You'd be better off if it sunk in a lake Betting on nothing but a numerical fake
Life saving investments vanished into a mist As a golden retirement turned into a myth With black stockings of coal left to play with Conversation soon turned to the slashing of wrists
The banks started foreclosing on homes again Cause they wrote the rules with an invisible pen They thought it would all work out in the end Economics is no place to wish and pretend
Bailout money flew all over the map Just to get the big boys out of their trap They told the rest of us to hike our boot straps While the rich CEO'S kept all their crap
We marched down on wall street all in a huff Asking why the rich kids got to keep all their stuff Their bailout money proved plenty enough and the working tax payer still got the rebuff
Makes you wonder if it's even worth trying With the big money greed and political lying They spin so much crap that isn't worth buying When the middle class dream is steadily dying
© 2012 Baby RicochetAuthor's Note
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18 Reviews Added on November 12, 2012 Last Updated on November 13, 2012 AuthorBaby RicochetTampa, FLAboutI write just for the hell of it A way to spend some time Blurting out in cyber space Whatever's on my mind Maybe funny maybe tragic Emotional and raw Politi.. more..Writing
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