Once upon a simpler time
A land was found so nice
That people came
From all the world
To share the paradise.
The leaders, in their wisdom,
Formed a great democracy,
And every person had a voice,
And every man was free.
But as they wrote the laws,
There was a fact
They didn’t heed:
That freedom
Can be undermined
By man’s inherent greed.
One day they chose a leader
Who had said he’d
help the poor,
And though the man
Was filthy rich,
He wanted more and more.
He told the people
That the way to make
Their system healthy
Was to dig a little deeper
In their pockets
For the wealthy.
As you guessed,
The poor got poorer–
The rich would never share,
And so the people voted in
A greedy billionaire.
michaeljordahl 