Wall Street Blues...

Ah, the vicissitudes of life,
The struggle to cook the books,
The predatory strife,
The leveraging, the selling short,
Soaking a company, then to abort,
Avoidance of the law, the Court,
The inside trading
And the golden parachute,
To find a safe place in the
Bahamas for the loot,
To motivate the government
To bail you out,
Without them comprehending
What it's all about,
To grease the proper politician
Is always a delicate mission,
Afterwards, to sit back, relax a while,
Then pull the same stunt once again
But use a new approach and style.
Yes, we are the Wall Street boys,
We amuse, then fleece the public
With our profitable speculation toys.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2008 Alfred Charasz