When Will It End?
[This month’s issue of Harper’s Index reported that the wealth of U.S. Billionaires increased 70% since the start of the Pandemic. To which I ask:] When will it end? When Bernie grows a pair And Betty dons a headdress Finally seeing our despair As we wallow in distress? Will they lead us to Washington Where billions are spun For the Billionaire’s fun While to us, none. When will it end? When socialism we recommend Or when prophets portend A second coming to suspend The greed that is their friend? When will it end? When mansions rise on the moon Or is that too soon For the senator goon who finds it too inopportune? When will it end? When our clothes we rend Or when to hell they all descend? Do we wait for a godsend Or just await the bitter end? WILL it ever end?