In Honor of Bernie Madoff

In Honor of Bernie Madoff By Elton Camp Bernie Madoff we should look to with pride Because he took the greedy rich for a ride They all shut their eyes so as not to see That the returns he promised couldn’t be They weren’t some needy, trusting bunch But the type that had a three-martini lunch Who, when the scheme finally fell through, Acted like, about the scam, they never knew In the money they made, they took delight But their avarice finally came back to bite At the end, good Bernie didn’t even try To escape what he’d done by telling a lie “I am guilty, your honor,” is what he said As he repentantly bowed is old, gray head In his honor, a statue should be erected The selfish can see it and be corrected A petition somebody should begin to circulate To have Bernie pardoned before it is too late