Of unsound mind: Financially for Solst

poem in rhyming quatrains iambic tetrameter

 

 

 

Of unsound mind: Financially...

 

 

Danced in the rain in manic glee.

He had discarded misery,

 embraced instead insanity.

 He is from money worries free

 

If he’d been rich then it would be 

seen as mere eccentricity.

Because he’s poor. Officially

 he must be locked away. You see.

 

Part of the great conspiracy

Poor men are not supposed to be

allowed to plead insanity.

They have to act responsibly

 

 and pay their debts with interest.

That’s why the money men invest

One mad man can infect the rest

and put the system to the test.

 

The bankers act dishonestly

but camouflage it craftily

 and poor men aren’t allowed to see

They have been screwed right royally.

 

3-Jun-08

 

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Reviews

[mike]

I really like this poem.. Kind of witty and candid, I chuckled with the last stanza. I also find your way of, breaking up the lines/punctuating pretty interesting. (is there a technical term for that?)

[Nassira]

Nice job! It sounds so true though and the 3rd stanza says it so simply. I enjoyed reading your poem and the rhyming made the reading even more enjoyable :) Thank you