Greed

What a joke 
What a laugh 
People stressing 
The overdraft 

Oh my 
Oh me 
How much will it be? 

Can I afford to pay? 
Another unfair bill today? 

Such is the way of the corporate ladder 
To send paper with numbers 
In order to get fatter 

I laugh at your effort
To rob me long distance 
Instead I smirk 
And return resistance 

It seems odd to me 
That people fret 
Like they’ll ever collect 
Is what I bet 

I wait for it all to collapse 
For corporate America 
To fall into relapse 

Then look at the greed 
And what they have brought 
How much blood from a stone? 
Is my thought 

I love to laugh at these greedy misguided fools
Sending paper numbers 
To obedient tools 

When they send you pictures of numbers 
Send them pictures of money 

And laugh, laugh, laugh………..

Eric (and sometimes not)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Nolan Avatar
December 5, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Wow Linda thats quite the compliment. I to am an economic refugee and have been for some time. I'm not sure if people want to see my hideousness on TV especially in HD, but I'm willing to get on there and tell it like it is. Then again I think most people find solace in ignorance. There is a certain safety in being blind from the truth. I thank you very much for your support it means the world to me.
Sweetheart Avatar
December 5, 2009 at 9:29 PM
And I nominate Eric Nolan to have his own TV show to express to America the wrongs being done to all of us... and how the "fat cats" are living in luxury when I cannot find a decent job anymore... a collapse might just be what we need.. an implosion.. then start all over again with some good people to build the foundation... thankxxx Eric for this poignant write of yours... "Sweetheart"
Nolan Avatar
December 1, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Not sure Vince, if and when things do fall I tend to think the corporate bastards will be among the first to get paid back by the masses they have fleeced for years.
Suzadail Jr. Avatar
December 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Gotta enjoy every freakin moment. The fall is near but the sad part is the corporate bastards will take care of their own and we'll get the bill for it. Vince
Nolan Avatar
November 29, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Thank you Doris, I appreciate it.
Culverhouse Avatar
November 29, 2009 at 5:29 PM
funny, enjoyed
Nolan Avatar
November 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Thank you Simone appreciate your input.
Nolan Avatar
November 25, 2009 at 12:10 PM
You sound like you want me to leave Deborah is that what your saying ?
Segal Avatar
November 25, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Well said, well written! love Simone
Guzzi Avatar
November 24, 2009 at 5:46 AM
So who are you when you're not Eric? Yes again what you say is true ..yet why say it without proposing what to do? What's the meaning, the point it all seems so unfair, but you have the controll to stop just look else where. Light & Love
Mason Avatar
October 31, 2009 at 2:51 PM
LOL wonderful write here, Eric. Upon occasion, the big G grabs hold of me ... especially at Bingo but I never win big enough to get too carried away ... smile ...
Brown Avatar
September 29, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I enjoyed reading your wonderful poem today. Sometimes it takes a little humor in these matters to get through the day.Please continue writing and sharing with us Eric. Love, Carol
Mcnaughton Avatar
September 29, 2009 at 1:33 AM
Very good lol. i might just try that.... and send pictures of money lol. i like it. x
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