Harvey Milk

He gave his life
For gay liberation,
Advanced the cause of
Civil rights for our nation,
He tolled the bell
For the brave and the free
But his untimely demise
Diminishes you and me.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Interval...

Life starts with lust
But ends in dust,
The interval?
A tragic comedy
Of happiness and misery,
Leaving some traces
Of a nostalgic memory,
The body rotten
And soon forgotten...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Print Trillions for Stimulus?

Trillions of currency in print
will make the dollar extinct
and through its devaluation
it may ruin our nation;
it's a noble effort by idealists
lacking the economic expertise
of the more practical realists,
for the real problems lie in the
profitable outsourcing seduction
of cheap foreign labor production,
thus closing our local industries
causing unemployment miseries
till Asian per capita income goes up
and ours goes down equaling theirs,
only then - our problems will stop.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

To Liz

Dearest, if you love me well,
Bury me in Oradell,
Next to that old maple tree
With my long-dead mom I'll be,
Then, on many a Friday night
When the moon is shining bright,
She'll make my most favorite dish,
Flanken and gefilte fish,
There forever - yes eternal,
Topflight care I'll have, maternal,
Dearest, if you love me well,
Bury me in Oradell...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Symbols and Ideologies

Symbols representing ideologies
often result in catastrophes
causing human miseries
for which the perpetrators
never render apologies.

The swastika and burning cross
caused a plethora of human loss
and now we have the 'jihad',
a fanatical, religious fad,
with killers gone mad
who shout and yell,
'kill the infidel'
or some other insanity
to serve a chauvinistic vanity
with millions destined
to suffer or die in vain
which no one can explain,
except for the Bard
who held the key
when he wrote long ago,
'what fools these mortals be'.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Credit Crunch

Folks worship the credit card,
blessed by god - a thing apart,
no need to steal, borrow or beg,
the credit card is the goose
which lays the golden egg,
they turn delightfully spastic
when they can use the plastic,
turning into an affliction
of credit card addiction,
facilitating a rich lifestyle
making the cards worthwhile,
but then there comes the day
when money due they slowly pay
which banks truly like the best
for those with a poor credit test
they charge an usurious interest,
yet soon the debtors will be free
by declaring a liberating bankruptcy,
but now the banks go into insolvency
till Uncle Sam gives them a stimulus fee,
the bank executives take off
with funds to make life not too rough,
to live in their habitual style
on some remote Bahama isle,
for them this turns out very well,
but our country lands in hell.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Suicide Note - 2009

Lost my job, money, house,
Gone - my kids, my spouse,
Nothing to eat,
Sleep on the street,
Nothing below,
Nothing above,
So - I jump off...!

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Infamy 9/11/01

The vicious burning
of our Twin Towers
will in the memory
of all forever be
an act of infamy...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

A Still Water

Within a quiet, unobtrusive,
introverted outer shell,
there lives a raging passion
and a brilliant mind,
a woman of great value
most men seek
- but rarely find.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Soft Voice

A soft voice in a woman
is a noble thing,
keep this in mind
before you have a fling.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz```

The Next Life

She was a simple soul,
on earth she lived in hell
but heaven was her goal,
a widespread thought
which proves to me
what fools these mortals be.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

God's Chosen

"We're god's chosen people",
claimed a chap in his delusion,
"not so, not so", said old Darwin,
"this is just your illusion,
genetically improved apes we are,
this is my conclusion".

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Unfit Physician

When a physician
uses his noble art
for purely monetary gain
and treats his patients
with disdain,
then, to his calling
he has no claim.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Plea

Maiden's Plea!

Come play with me
the game of love
and never say,
'now it's enough,
but let's be gentle,
not too rough'.

Gent's Plea!

Let me at it,
right away,
I'll do my bit
and go away.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Economic Woes 2009

The world could not
stand idly by,
cursing the darkness,
they lit a candle
and by its flickering light
they saw the depth of the abyss
but then their wax ran out
and they turned away
with the excuse,
at least - we tried...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Slumber-land

Come, take me
to slumber-land
to dream,
into a world
which never is
but only seems,
where all is possible
and nothing is denied,
escape reality
till dawn's cruel light ...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Lonely

It is a sight,
not very pretty,
to see a man,
lonely, in a big city,
and in a congenial crowd,
the solitary man
will, sadly, stand out,
so, take friendly advice,
it's never too late
to gather friends
or, better, a mate.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Swirling Atoms

When we are gone,
the swirling atoms
of our mortal dust
will for eons linger on,
maybe as clouds in the sky
or the wings of a butterfly,
they may even turn to be
part of an other you or me...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

It's Love...

It's love which makes
the world go 'round
and propagates the specie,
but when too many are around,
war and disease put the excess
proficiently into the ground.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Ordinary People

Ordinary people pass on
like shadows lost within
the dunes of time,
they leave no marks,
prosaic or divine,
faint memories of them
may stir some loving heart,
but soon forgotten are they
when from life they part...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

The Curse

The curse of men
lies in the fact
that once they find
what's best for them,
it's usually too late to act.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Maybe

I loved her
passionately
- unbound,
more than life,
the best I ever found,
't was then I knew,
without her
I could not do,
asked her to marry me,
"if nothing better comes up,
maybe, maybe", said she.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

My Old Car

My old car
has traveled far,
its engine worn,
the leather torn,
It once was a star,
a new luxury car
but till its last mile
I traveled in style...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Dead Man's Ball

"Come, join me
At the Dead Man's Ball
In my castle 'neath the sea",
Whispered the water nymph to me
And as I bent over the railing
To better hear and see,
I fell into the churning sea,
While sounds of an eerie voice
Came from the deep to me,
"Together, forever we shall be".

They found him
In a seaweed bed,
He looked content
But was quite dead.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Passage

As the years go by,
We often laugh,
We sometimes cry,
And all along
We slowly die
But no one knows
Quite why?

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

On a rainy night...

A fender-bender
On a rainy night,
A racial slur,
A sudden fight,
A gun in hand,
A flash of light,
A man just died,
A widow cried,
A child asked why
Did daddy die?

Alfred Charas3z
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Gods...

The passing of each mortal
At the soul's allotted time
Diminishes me
And this world of mine
For humans are
A miracle - sublime,
Their nature?
Part of the divine,
They are the gods
Of our dreams
In this world's
Mystic schemes...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Cognitive Dissonance

To marry, divorce,
buy, make a decision
or to accept
some proposition,
he takes
the necessary steps
but once it's done
he has regrets,
this is the stance
of human nature's
cognitive dissonance.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Selective Perception

For Ponzi schemers
the economy is great,
for the common folk
it's just bad fate,
some chaps
love everyone
many love some,
a few love none,
some are idealists
others are realists,
some are dreamers,
others are schemers,
one lady's delight
is an other's fright,
one's good taste
is an other's waste,
most think marriage
is a great institution,
others won't live
in an institution,
and some are sick
of the institution,
a desperate few
find a solution
in prostitution,
some love one god,
others love many.
a few not any,
even the acception
of immaculate conception
is a selective perception.


Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Modern Life 2009

Please save me from
this complicated life,
a fearsome boss,
a nagging wife,
obnoxious kids,
unruly and wild,
and now, my wife
again with child,
quite unexpected,
when on some party night
precautions were neglected,
with a growing recession
turning into depression
making my job insecure
with lost income, I'm sure,
threatening foreclosure
and repossession
causing life-standards'
ascending regression.

In this failing world
of loss and no gain,
the modern life
gives me a pain.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Pregnant

"I'm pregnant",
said my lovely wife,
a stripper used
to the wild life.

"This is just fine",
I said, "it sounds divine
but are sure it's mine?"

"Nothing is certain in this life",
said my ever loving wife."

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Taxpayers' Ripoff (in prose)

Crooked mortgage brokers selling
ascending variable mortgages
to clients who cannot afford them,
taking high commissions and run,
backed by questionable bankers
using public funds for their benefits,
Wall Street brokers selling stocks
of companies near failure to a
gullible public and grabbing
their high turnover commissions
or using Ponzi schemes to
defraud the public and charities,
executives of badly managed
corporations using funds for
bonuses, golden parachutes
and private jets while their
companies are destined
for certain bankruptcies,
corrupt politicians who collect
from lobbies special interest
money or take graft to grant
elective offices to paying clients
are all, like sharks sensing blood,
waiting to tear into the stimulus
package sponsored by an idealistic
and well- meaning president
who wants to save our country
from the mistakes of the past
and our present robber barons.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Granny's Banana Tree

My granny, a sweet old lady,
brought me up with loving care
ever since I was a little baby,
cleaned me up when I was soiled
and as a child I was quite spoiled.

"You're my sweetest, little monkey",
she often said to me,
"some day you'll climb the banana tree
and bring the biggest bananas to me."

I'm now an old man
in failing health,
gone is my granny,
my family and wealth,
I now live in Chelsea
in a furnished room
and often in gloom
I think of my
impending doom,
but sometimes
in my dreams I see
my granny
and the banana tree.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Wonder...

Sometimes, on some balmy night,
When stars glitter in the firmament
And the moon shines silvery-bright,
Reflecting on the ocean's waves
With a ghostly, eerie light,
I am lost in thought and wonder
What mysteries lie in regions yonder,
If chance created this accidental universe
Or is this thought quite perverse,
Maybe it is some god's creation
Or a guiding intelligence's imagination,
Whatever it may turn out to be,
It is beyond my poor philosophy,
Though if mankind continues speculation
They may discover the miracle of creation.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Ladies of the Night

In Amsterdam's
District of the red light,
Bare breasted, at widows,
Advertise the ladies of the night,
Selling to any passerby their charms,
If they have credit cards or cash,
They wind up in their luscious arms.

It's nice to cuddle those sexy maids,
But beware of their gifts,
Syphilis and Aids.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Pork

The presidential stork
Is delivering the pork,
So, give a great cheer,
The pork chops are here
To be used up at will
As a special interests' bill,
Conveniently, passed at night,
Hidden from the public light,
A windfall for some chaps
Using their tricky traps,
Causing galloping inflation
For our financially
Challenged nation.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Happy Birthday

On this auspicious day,
I wish you all the best
To always come your way,
I'm proud of you, my son,
A decent man,
A fine physician,
To this old world
A great addition,
May your three kids
Grow up like you,
Then all my wishes
Will come through.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Women's Liberation

Women's liberation
Is sweeping the nation
With single ladies
Having the babies,
Industry is exported,
Men's labor outsourced,
Need for males is aborted,
Maybe some day to be clones,
But now they'd be drones,
Enticed by seduction,
To facilitate pleasure
And great reproduction
But, unfortunately,
Rapidly shrinking
Industrial production,
But if there is a war,
Drones maybe sent
To places quite far
By our new variety
Of matriarchal society.


Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Octuplets

She's on Welfare
And Social Security
With Food Stamps
To give her security,
Took a student loan
Still owed - not gone,
Lives with her parents
In a small home,
A single mom,
Not married - divorced,
Just had octuplets,
Implanted - outsourced,
Including six others
Produced before,
Fourteen children
Are now the score,
It's not enough,
Probably wants more,
Millions of dollars paid
By Uncle Sam and the State,
Now, the government is broke
But she has it made...


Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Sugar Daddy

No one can ever
Love you like I do,
No one in the past
And nobody new,
You are part of me,
Without you,
I just cannot be,
Your generous support
Saved me from poverty,
I'd stay with you forever
Unless you're bankrupt,
Hopefully - never...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Warning!

Let it not go too far
with corrupt politicians,
influence lobbies, crooked banks
and Wall Street swindlers
ripping the public off with graft,
hedge funds, short sales,
phony stocks , Ponzi schemes
or other elaborate manipulations.

When people lose their jobs,
their homes, sleep on the street
or in cars, have no health care,
lack of food and starve,
they're apt to rise with wrath
born out of agony and rip
apart this sorry scheme of things.

I've seen it before in Nazi Germany
and the Soviet Union
when criminals came to power
inflicting horrors beyond description.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Shades of Darwin

In a world dominated by the realist,
Barack Obama is an idealist,
Endowed with intellect and quality,
An excellent speaker
With an engaging personality.

On our planet where predators prevail,
It's nature's cruel law
That decent, moral men are apt to fail,
Like big fish always eat the little fish,
Decency and morality are but a wish,
As Jesus, mankind's shining light,
Was by the Romans crucified.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Money for Banks?

Banks will be delighted to take
The treasury's stimulus honey,
Their executives will find ways
To abscond with the money,
But the poor taxpayer's life
Will be much less than sunny,
The only effect we'd see,
Devaluation of our currency.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Tender Trap

She springs the tender trap
On useful, wealthy men,
Since for the high society life
She has an unquenchable yen,
She teases them into her net
And overwhelms them in her bed,
They fall for her sensational looks
And a fake libido she never had,
Trained as a professional bitch,
She marries those elderly, rich,
Chaps who mysteriously die,
Seemingly of natural causes,
But no one finds out really why,
Authorities once had a suspicion,
Yet never got proof or any admission.

She's now known as the richest
Widow in the snobby Palms
And high society is delighted
With her elegance and charms.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Let Freedom Ring!

We fight in the desert,
We fight on the sea,
We fight for Israel's liberty,
In this fanatical Mideast,
Where most people
Live in abject misery,
The only civilized,
Free democracy.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Fertility

In national affairs,
Great fertility
Is a very useful ability,
Implant small
Highly fertile populations
Into negative birthrate nations
And they'll own the country
After a few generations,
As one can plainly see
Is Islam's policy,
As once Catholics
Tried with 'Right to Life'
Antiabortion tricks.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Queen Bee

The so-called
Queen bee's expertise
Permits tax free, illegal refugees
To work for low wages in peace
While American workers
Have the doubtful enjoyment
Of starvation and unemployment.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

The 'Charaz'

The 'Charaz' is an ancient
Hebrew semantic creation,
'The stringing of pearls'
Its literal translation,
Used in the Bible
And by the Hebrew nation,
'Putting thoughts together'
Into a cohesive core
As a teaching metaphor.


Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Baby

He plays with sounds
but does not talk,
he lifts his head
but does not walk,
he looks at me
with wide, gray eyes
and formulates
particular cries
to say he's hungry
or in distress,
so feed me
or clean up my mess,
slowly, together we drift
to recognition,
communication
coming to fruition,
life's great adventure
awaits you, little man,
so, make the most of it,
the best you can,
I love you in my own
grandfatherly way
and hope your life will be
a sunny, happy stay,
my little, indirect seed
will grow into a sturdy man
and all my life I'll be
your pal and your fan,
you may one day the president,
an artist or a singer be
or possibly a poet,
purging his soul,
someone like me,
or maybe just a plain and
ordinary, simple, happy joe,
I wish you all the very best
wherever you may choose to go...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

He wanted to be...

He wanted to be an idealist,
He thought of Jesus,
The way the poor chap died,
The Romans had him crucified.

He wanted to be a realist,
He took at Hitler's book,
'Mein Kampf', a look:
'If you often repeat a lie,
People are stupid,
They'll believe it,
Never reason - why?'
Fifty four million died,
The whole world cried.
His decision was bad
And he ended his regime
With a bullet In his head.

So, he found as a surrealist
He may peacefully exist,
Deciding the world
Is neither here nor there,
The world is just
Not anywhere,
Bringing him bliss
In a world which seems
But never really is...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Marriage and Sex

For many couples
on their wedding day,
to heaven or hell
may lead their way,
they often marry in the
urge of sudden passion
or gobble up a mate
who seems in fashion,
sometimes through
pregnancy, real
or pretended,
they find a family
unwillingly extended,
stuck with a mate
by accidental copulation
they dearly pay for
casual recreation,
fifty percent of marriages
work out - of course,
the others end in misery,
courts or divorce,
and sometimes many
of the sexual baits
are quite infected with
some syphilis or Aids,
a pleasant night of passion
turns out to be a chiller
and in the long run may
become a horrid killer,
for what some easy mark
may gladly give away
could be a curse
which ends you in decay,
the macho male maybe a
sex machine put to good use
but in the long run
you may suffer his abuse,
the fair young maiden you marry
may turn out to be a whore,
her nymphomania not
a subject to any hope of cure,
the dashing man you marry
and who calls you 'honey'
maybe a lazy misfit
without any job or money,
a night of pleasant,
stimulating fornication
may lead you into a world
of total devastation,
so, friend, beware of any
pitfalls found in dating,
and all the dangers which
occur from unwise mating,
sometimes resulting in
unmeant for procreating;
take care before you marry or
engage in sexual stimulation,
subject your partner
to an FBI investigation.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Failing Finances

Stock markets and banks
Are often legal Ponzi schemes
To realize their executives'
Billionaire dreams,
With stocks, loans
And credit cards
They rip the public off,
While in saving interests
They never pay enough,
When business drops
And life is not sunny,
They cry and beg
For public money,
But once they get their fund,
Their firms go broke
And they abscond
With billions paid
In 'compensation',
Leaving back
A bankrupt nation.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Imaginary Gods

Religious fanatics who persist
To kill for gods who don't exist,
Of them I surely had my fill,
Reminding me of Don Quixote
Fighting the blades of the mill.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Moon over Miami

A moonlit sky casting
A strip of silver light
Across the rippling waves,
The ocean's rhythmic sound,
Song of the waves blending
With the faint music of a tango
From some distant beach,
Dona Felicia in my arms,
Her eyes reflecting moonlight,
Yearning for love's ecstasy,
A precious moment in time,
Never to be forgotten,
While the moon shines
Over Miami...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Come, tell me...

Come, tell me a story
Of past loves and glory,
Of happy times
And dreamy days
To chase away
Those dreary grays...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Ditty...

This is a little ditty
about a sweet gal
named Kitty,
she always loved
each man so well
that her pastor told her
she'd wind up in hell,
in whose ever bed
Kitty had been,
they'd never seen
such a delightful
sex machine
and she'd never
charged a cent,
she was just purely
pleasure bent
and when they buried
dear Kitty,
her lovers all said
what a pity,
she gave joy to us all,
the entire city...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Business

I loved her once,
I loved her twice,
I said: "Be mine,
You're really nice."
She said: "It'll cost you,
My trade is vice."

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

End...

Dark is the night,
There is no moon,
The windows frosted
In his cold
And lonely room,
A shabby life,
A sense of doom,
Family gone,
Old and alone,
No one to care,
Quiet despair,
He takes an overdose
And goes to bed,
Next morn
They find him dead...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Tiger...Tiger...

Tiger, tiger in the cage
Races back and forth
In quiet rage,
Gone is the jungle
Where he was
Wild and free
To hunt or rest
Beneath a tree
Till he lost his liberty,
Now, people stare
At him all day,
Children mock him
In their cruel way,
At night he dreams
The bars are gone,
He'd eat those nagging
Creatures to the bone
And then return
To his old home.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Barack Obama

A man of intellect
And quality,
Excellent speaker,
Fine personality,
An idealist - indeed,
Defending average
Folks in need
Against the old
Establishment's
Predatory greed,
Fighting the
Privileged elite
Who steal our funds
While people bleed...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

The Sun Exploded

The sun exploded
And the earth
Became a barren place
Devoid of people,
Endowed with talent
And with grace,
Gone now
Without a trace,
If there be gods,
They'd say,
They were a noble race...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Olive

"Oh, my sweet rose,
To cherish you I intend to",
Said she, "I'd rather be an olive
Because of the pimento".

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

To our Son - Aubrey

The years may come,
The years may go
But one thing
We do surely know,
You are the best,
We love you so...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Abraham's Advice

Father Abraham's news
To his Arabs and his Jews:
"Cousins should never fight,
You're of the same Semitic tribe,
As your father, Abraham,
I can tell you, it's not right,
You may perish in a nuclear night,
Kindred blood runs in your vein,
Do not enter wars in vain,
Spare yourselves this pain,
For I've come to the conclusions,
Jehovah, Allah and Christ
Are all homemade illusions,
The mysterious, hidden power
Running this great universe
Is highly organized,
Methodical and not perverse,
It is a force we yet not
Comprehend or see,
Far, far beyond today's philosophy,
With Jewish intellect and Arab oil,
We could live happily like kings
Keeping our fine heritage and soil
Without wars, blood, sweat and toil,
Father Abraham advises you well,
Do not create on earth a hell."

Alfred Abraham Charasz
(Jewish name)
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Man's Nature

True nature in most men
Is hidden well,
What they are really like
Is hard to tell,
One can only judge
Of what they seem to be,
The rest is but surprise
And hidden mystery,
If someone were to ask,
How to this man define,
Think carefully, my friend,
Don't answer, just decline.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz

Scotsman

A handsome young Scotsman
Named John J, Mc Gilt
Walked down a country lane
Dressed in his kilt,
He had walked a long time
Over hills rough and steep
When he found a shady nook
And lay down there to sleep,
Two maidens passed the spot
And saw John J. Mc Gilt
And gleefully wondered
What lay under his kilt,
They lifted it up
And yelled: "Goody, goody,
Look and behold
This beautiful woody."
They put a blue ribbon
On it with a neat bow,
Took one last look and said:
"We'd better go".
The Scotsman awoke
And looked at his dicky
And said: "Oh, my God,
You look neat and quite tricky,
Don't know where you've been
Or what you have done,
While I was sleeping
You must have been gone,
But I do think
It's really quite nice
For you to come home
With such a beautiful prize."

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 1999 Alfred Charasz

The Political System

If they're good in talk and tricks,
Shrewd chaps go into politics,
By lobbies or through nepotism
They're carefully selected,
With special interests and
Public funds they are elected
To a well-provided sinecure
To have a great lifestyle,
Insured, safe and secure
With extra income for favors
Granted during their tour.

They fulfill their obligation
To a 'deeply grateful' nation
With excessive concentration,
Having all-knowing attitudes,
Spouting redundant platitudes,
Using sophist manipulation
To inveigle the nation,
Accepting many a gratuity
Frequently in perpetuity,
Soliciting fund collections
To grant future elections,
But if their term is over,
They join a lobby firm
And live in clover.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz