Did the Banks win?

After the biggest Ponzi scheme in history,
banks caused financial ruin and misery
with their unethical manipulation
bringing down a trusting nation,
in desperation the banks yelled
Uncle Sam help - we're broke
and Uncle used our hard earned taxes
to relieve those rich bankers of their yoke,
thus with tongues of honey
those sharks grabbed our money,
held it, charging usurious interests,
making their lives more sunny,
while continuing their old ways
of loads of profits and happy days,
giving the consumer the boot
and keeping the stimulus loot,
claiming they are too big to fail,
but frankly, good old Uncle Sam
should put those 'bankers' in jail.
Let government take over the banks,
our folks had enough of those cranks.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz